Liberals Provide Ammunition Against Single-Payer

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4. There would be plenty of hearings and debate over this in Congress.

People should NOT expect that single payer would get enacted in a process similar to how the GOP tried to ram Tr*mpcare through.

This would be an enormously difficult task almost certain to fall short of the expectations of those expecting a full-blown single payer within one legislative session. Logistical challenges, paying for it--lots of painful decisions between the concept and the reality.

What would make a lot of sense is an incremental expansion--expand Medicaid upwards in terms of income eligibility and expand Medicare downwards in terms of age eligibility.