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3. We will get single payer health care eventually because the younger Generation

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 17, 2017, 09:18 AM

Sep 2017

will demand it. However for now scenes like this is only the beginning because Health Insurers and pharmaceuticals will spend Millions to campaign against this system.
Like 2009 when single payer was originally proposed the Insurance companies spent millions and we ended up with the ACA which was the best we could get and Democrats in Congress said "Well it is a start and we will move closer to Medicare for all" So far that was proven to be just words.
I just don't believe that with the Insurance companies spending millions this time around will stop the demands of the millennials.

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Fox doc attacks Bernies 'Medicare fo All' by citing Canada 20-week surgery wait; but its only 48 hrs [View all] DonViejo Sep 2017 OP

Omg is Fox lying about universal healthcare again? emulatorloo Sep 2017 #1

You only have to wait 48 hours for surgery in Canada? That is amazing, we need single payer now! Not Ruth Sep 2017 #2

No that isn't exactly true. The type and nature of the surgery determines priority tymorial Sep 2017 #4

We will get single payer health care eventually because the younger Generation INdemo Sep 2017 #3

Just Imagine; a Nation making sure ALL its Citizens are healthy. tomhagen Sep 2017 #5

Medicare for all must happen here. DK504 Sep 2017 #6

That lie is SO old and has been cited as a falsehood since I was in my 20s and I'm CTyankee Sep 2017 #7

I think there probably is a longer wait time for non-emergency care in Canada and Britain, but Hoyt Sep 2017 #8