Are some on DU hoping Single Payer Health care fails?

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193. Here's what you don't understand

Getting universal health care, Medicare for all, or whatever you want to call it is a process. So maybe this bill goes nowhere in an republican-dominated government. It forces representatives to take sides and it documents who stands for what.

So if this bill fails, another one will take its place. And so on until it is passed.

Because of the republican control, it will likely be a long time before we see universal health care. But it has to be put out there in the marketplace of ideas so that people can become familiar with it. (Although truly, I doubt that few are familiar with it, given that we are talking about something that touches each and every one of us).

While this process winds its way, what Americans and those who care about health should be doing is improving the American diet. Obesity causes most health problems, and to make universal healthcare affordable, we need to attack that problem.

Here is an article at Truthout that describes a type of program that would help:

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41932-no-elitist-farmers-market-here-free-healthy-food-and-profits-for-farmers#15056563435741&action=collapse_widget&id=0&data=


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