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

[Hoyt]

100. What the GOPers are doing now is rationing. If you want an affordable system, it is

going to take some rationing -- read about the British NHS and Canadian system. They ration care because an affordable system that does the most good for the most people is important to them.

You want drug prices to decrease, we are going to have to say No to unreasonably high prices. Same with hospitals, etc. Like I said in my post above, if you don't say No to unreasonable suppliers, you can't achieve affordable premiums/taxes. I don't believe a lot of Americans get that. Wish it were not that way, but it is.

Personally, I think one reason the government doesn't want single payer is that they'd rather private insurance companies handle the rationing and avoid the backlash when somebody says "Nope, we aren't going to pay that much, comeback with something less or go see how much China will pay you." I think the drug companies will fold, the American market is too important to them.