Democrats should have a plan if ACA is repealed.

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20. "Framing" isn't the problem.

Democrats need to get behind a solution that works.

One that brings the maximum benefits, one that rationalizes costs, one that has transition plans, and one that has well-vetted hard numbers.

If single payer or Medicare for All plans have the cost savings through eliminating insurance company over-head (part of which is jobs, and will involve job loss) then proponents should welcome rigorous economic modeling.

I think many Americans in their hearts would love to see medical care extended to all Americans. The job now is to appeal to people's brains. Many are uncertain if Medicare for Elders is sustainable.

So if Democrats run on MFA we better have sound economic models to present to a largely skeptical (but at the same time increasingly receptive) public that reason is on the side of this option.

What will NOT work is sloganeering, saying "other countries do it," or running on plans that only symbolic in nature and ones that ignore costs and the difficulties of transitions. This won't be a winning ticket on ideology alone.

And against MFA we should compare the ACA with a public option to see which makes more sense.