Bernie Sanders extremely disappointed by stalling of Californias single-payer health care bill

[MineralMan]

15. Do you know the history of the healthcare plans

in "all those other countries?" I doubt it very much. Changing something as extensive as healthcare is not just difficult. It's an enormous challenge. The system we have now has been in place for many, many decades. In terms of economics, alone, it involves a network of healthcare providers, hospitals, insurance companies and much more. There isn't going to be some instantaneous replacement of it with a single-payer system. The closest thing is Medicare. Even a Medicare for All system would mean enormous economic changes, which is why it is so difficult to establish.

It all sounds simple enough, unless you actually look at the scope of the thing and the impact it will have on a deeply entrenched existing system. It is definitely what we need, but it's going to come only after a great deal of pain for a lot of people. And, as healthcare consumers, we have precious little clout unless we stand together as a vast majority. We do not have that majority, however, or we would have a different President than we do and a different party in control of Congress.

If you want that change, you're going to have to begin by replacing the current Republican majorities, both nationally and in individual states.

It is not a simple process.