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In reply to the discussion: How single payer helps Republicans change the subject [View all]CherokeeFiddle
(297 posts)I'm of the opinion that this, this whole "NO! We can't talk about single payer now!" meme is playing right into Republican hands. Completely.
The majority of American's now want a single payer health care system in America. This is factual. Look at the graphic below from Poll: Most Americans want to replace Obamacare with single-payer including many Republicans

Here's the thing; Republicans will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to distract and run circles around ANY social program that benefits the American people. ANYTHING. They're backs are now truly against the wall when it comes to single payer because for the first time, the majority of American people now want that health care system in the United States.
Think about that for a second. Take that in and what that all means. It is a shot against the bow of the donor class and reps who are in the pockets of big pharma and the health care industry like nothing before. It would literally end the for-profit health care system in America which enables the deaths of people. Do you think it's coincidence that some tiny little town in West Virginia had over a millions opioids pumped into it? Drug wholesalers shipped 9 million pain pills over two years to a single West Virginia pharmacy
We are allowing the GOP to control the conversation here with NOT wanting single payer to be discussed. The more it gets shoved under the rug like it has been for decades and decades is EXACTLY what Republicans want. They are wanting the conversation to disappear, go away and be hidden in hopes of quashing any rhetoric with regards to single payer. The less it is spoken about, the more likely people will begin to forget about it.
Don't play Republican games for they lead to stupid prizes.