How single payer helps Republicans change the subject

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17. I agree.

I have Medicare and would love for everyone to be covered just as well as I am, but there are many stumbling blocks. Whatever we propose needs to be well thought out and presented in a way that people can understand what the costs will be and how it will operate. There are millions of people who are happy with their employer-provided insurance and they are going to be a tough sell, especially if they think their taxes are going up substantially. There are also millions of people who have been fed lies and gross exaggerations about how "terrible" healthcare is in other countries with UHC. We have to be prepared to address their concerns about physician shortages and long wait times for procedures.

Many people throw out "incrementalism" as though it is awful, yet it may be the only way we can turn that battleship, your very apt analogy.