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In reply to the discussion: Are some on DU hoping Single Payer Health care fails? [View all]davsand
(13,421 posts)I cannot fathom that so many of the people lauded here at DU for so long have suddenly taken leave of their senses. ACA was a compromise that happened after Joe Lieberman screwed the Dem voters by refusing a public option. We are now at a point in this country where voters ARE aware of how bad it can be here if the rabid rethugs like Ryan manage to repeal the one safety net that exists. They understand intimately how badly they were mislead and they actually want a fix--a permanent one. Has nobody considered that the GOP could still save themselves as a party if they'd offer the public option to buy in to Medicare then FIXED the existing issues in Medicare right now? IF they want a way out, Medicare for all could offer it.
I've heard all the "Medicare sucks/I'd rather have 30 million people without healthcare" arguments and spin. I'm sure everybody here has too. Sometimes I think it is confusion between Medicare and Medicaid. Sometimes I think they miss the part about FIXING some of the existing programs. Other times I think the reaction is nothing more than an unhappiness with whose name is on the bill. There are a few notable one who I think are just working at quashing entire idea for whatever motivation they carry. It's sad to me that there is any question at all about the need to ensure that nobody has to suffer and die because they can't afford medical care.
I couldn't give two shits about what name anybody wants to call it (however, I do have to concede that I hear an awful lot of people from both parties say they are grateful for Medicare, so at least they understand the form and the utility without a lot of education. That might be a bonus...) If there is some spectacular name that needs to be used--go for it. I'm right there with you as long as everybody is covered cradle to grave.
YMMV.
Laura