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Selatius

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13. Never. Line up the same amount of cash that was used to lobby against the Public Option.

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 07:33 AM

Jul 2012

If you can find a wad of cash that big and use it to line the campaign coffers of politicians in Washington to convince them to support putting the Public Option into play, you'll get what you're looking for.

Until then, it's not going to happen. The left doesn't have that kind of monetary firepower. It never did.

On the other hand, big business does have that kind of cash, and money talks.

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When do we start fighting for The Public Option? [View all] Junkdrawer Jun 2012 OP

Public option and price controls. GreenPartyVoter Jun 2012 #1

Health care should be nonprofit. Skidmore Jul 2012 #18

It should be, but I don't think we will be seeing that for a while. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #20

Many major insurers are already non-profit. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #28

how about now? this is the first step. public option next. single payer last. it will all take time dionysus Jun 2012 #2

Could we do the Public Option state-by-state WHILE we fight for a federal law? Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #4

i think that's how the public option or single payer will finally be achieved. in canada, dionysus Jun 2012 #5

It began as a PUBLIC program. Not a for-profit one. And the lag between the provincial program HiPointDem Jul 2012 #23

Actually, "now" is pretty late. TheWraith Jul 2012 #27

1992 CleanLucre Jun 2012 #3

LOL. But seriously.... Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #6

yes it is serious CleanLucre Jun 2012 #8

Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Bonobo Jun 2012 #7

That's the current situation - our job is to change it. Junkdrawer Jun 2012 #9

First people would need to believe that health care is a right. Bonobo Jun 2012 #10

But that was the whole point of a Public Option vs Universal Healthcare.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #12

Private health insurance lobbied heavily against such a scheme, for good reason. Selatius Jul 2012 #15

Not only that, but the Public Option paid hospitals less.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #22

Kick Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #11

Never. Line up the same amount of cash that was used to lobby against the Public Option. Selatius Jul 2012 #13

We are told over and over that the ACA is a stepping stone to Universal Healthcare.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #16

Junkdrawer, I couldn't possibly agree any more. That's the situation in a nutshell. nt Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #25

i think the next step- some states go for the Public Option. PBass Jul 2012 #14

Wow, after reading DU again (and this thread) I'm reminded that maybe the problem with the PBass Jul 2012 #17

Some of us never stopped doing so. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #19

The real answer is probably after we "fix" NAFTA. TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #21

I think the first step is to actually get ACA in its current form up & running OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #24

I would hope that a class action lawsuit can be done stating that Cleita Jul 2012 #26