Warren: The Next Step For Dems Is Single-Payer Health Care

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66. Sorry booley, we do. Nelson in Nebraksa said no, Nelson in Florida said no,

Blanche Lincoln said no, LIEberman said no, Bayh said no, Baucus said no, along with others. The fact is there was no public option because of lack of support among moderate Democrats in 2008 and 2009, and republicans were going to vote against anything the Democrats brought up, and were unwilling to provide their own alternative, except in the most vague terms.

However, there is nothing in the ACA to prevent individual states from adopting single payer. California has started the process.

There have been incorrect characterizations that the California Assembly Speaker Rendon killed universal care, and that is blatantly false. He put it on hold, and for good reasons. Until the fate of the ACA is determined, that will need to be figured into how much the federal government will contribute, and how much tax payers will have to pay. You need to how it is going to be financed, the delivery of care, and cost controls. It will be taken off hold as soon as we know how much the federal government will pitch in. You cannot assume that the feds will provide the same funding to the states that the ACA currently provides.