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renate

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25. you are SO right

Reply to pengu (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 15, 2016, 04:04 AM

Jan 2016

The real-world evidence could not be clearer. In countries with single-payer health care, people don't postpone going to the doctor, they don't go into medical bankruptcy, families' futures aren't destroyed simply because a single cell goes rogue and turns into cancer.

I'm old enough to remember when America really was the best country in the world to live in. Now, unless you're rich, it's practically an embarrassment... not because we don't still have the potential to be awesome, but because that potential has been absolutely squandered.

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81% of Democrats Support Single Payer, as well as 58% of all Americans [View all] eridani Jan 2016 OP

You'd think we could get at least one state to test drive single payer. NobodyHere Jan 2016 #1

That is what will have to happen eridani Jan 2016 #2

The insurance industry moochers don't want a test drive. They do not want single payer. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #4

It's a ballot referendum in Colorado this upcoming election. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #8

We don't need a test drive pengu Jan 2016 #9

you are SO right renate Jan 2016 #25

Kicked and recommended! This post should have a bazillion of recommendations! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #3

Kick and R BeanMusical Jan 2016 #5

K&R Mbrow Jan 2016 #6

it's too hard. not enough votes. why try. yada yada. KG Jan 2016 #7

"If it isn't easy, don't try" pengu Jan 2016 #10

"Trying is the first step towards failure" neverforget Jan 2016 #17

There's people on DU that say it wouldn't be affordable even if it were possible. HughBeaumont Jan 2016 #18

Is there any advantage to single payer over medicare for all? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #11

I think they're pretty much the same thing. elias49 Jan 2016 #12

My understanding is that single payer... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #14

There's multiple ways to do single-payer. jeff47 Jan 2016 #22

"Single payer" is the concept. "Medicare for all" would be a likely vehicle, and winter is coming Jan 2016 #13

My preference is for a true socialized system. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #15

That would be my preference also, and should be part of the debate as we move to single payer. n/t winter is coming Jan 2016 #16

The insurance lobby is among the most powerful discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #19

Obamacare improved the lives of some Americans without healthcare. It killed single payer Doctor_J Jan 2016 #20

yeah, the 'uniquely american' solution. massive profits for corps at the expense of working class. KG Jan 2016 #21

Bill Clinton: universal health coverage saves money eridani Jan 2016 #23

Single payer is one way of many to achieve universal health coverage Recursion Jan 2016 #24

No--the reason for using Canada as a model is that their provices are very much like-- eridani Jan 2016 #26

Look at Kentucky and say that again with a straight face. (nt) Recursion Jan 2016 #27

Fuck Kentucky. In the blue northwest, I don't want to wait for shitholes to catch up. eridani Jan 2016 #28

Oh, all that shit you Northwesterners keep talking about doing but not making happen? Recursion Jan 2016 #29

Isn't it nice that marriage equality and MJ legalization sdvocates refused-- eridani Jan 2016 #30