Don't Bring A Knife (Sally Pipes and Richard Burr) To A Gunfight On Single Payer Healthcare

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6. You could be right.

We all know that a large fraction of the Democratic Party base supports single-payer. The fraction of Democratic Party leaders that support it is much smaller, of course. Mainly because THEY don't have to WORRY about health care. Congressmen have the best healthcare plan in the country.

And while there ARE some Democratic congressmen who support single-payer, I think the others who may not have finally realized that, at the very least, they can introduce it as a stalking horse. Just get a few Democratic Senators and congressmen from safe districts to sponsor a bill, and start a debate. Best case scenario, we GET single payer. Worst case scenario, it pulls the discussion far enough to the left that we get repair of the ACA, and maybe an introduction of the Public Option.