What Does the Democratic Party Actually Believe?

[JayhawkSD]

72. Who promised me, what?

My memory extends back to the 2008 campaign very well. Does yours? So here's a qiick test. How many times did Obama mention "health insurance expansion?" How many times did he mention "health care reform?" The answer to the first question is zero, but that's what we got. The answer to the second question is one hell of a lot of times, and that's what we did not get. So don't play word games with me. I'm not saying that health insurance expansion is a bad thing, I favor it,k but it is not what Obama campaigned on and is not what he promised.

"But the benefit of typing your fantasy on the internet is you don't have to consider what others are thinking/willing to support AND you don't have to figure out how to make it actually work ... all you have to do is type."

Fantasy? Canada made the change from for-profit insurance controlled health care delivery to single payer health care for all, and they managed to do it without tearing their contrry apart or disrupting their economy. What do they have that we do not? Are they smarter than we are? Are they tougher or more able to adapt? All we have to do to figure out how to make it work is to look to Canada. And don't start with all the nonsensical tales of Canadian waiting lists, because any Canadian will tell you that we are idiots to stay with the FUBAR system we have.

Yes, Obama said that single payer would be "too disruptive" and took it off the table. When I see that accepted as a reason to avoid change three things come to mind: laziness, complacence and cowardice. We are too afraid of change to go for something better, but would rather stay with the messed up, costly, inefficient mess that we have. We lack the courage to improve.