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Hillary Clinton

KittyWampus

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3. The argument is: it has to be national not state by state. HOWEVER, the reason I prefer

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:27 AM

Mar 2016

an incremental switch over to single payer is so that the health care industry doesn't collapse.

Yes, we need to rein in pricing. In health care and pharmaceuticals.

But the health care industry right now employs an awful lot of people.

My hope is Clinton manages to push the ball forward on this. There'll be tremendous opposition to even dealing with drug costs/bargaining.

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Very informative. Thanks for posting! eom kstewart33 Mar 2016 #2

The argument is: it has to be national not state by state. HOWEVER, the reason I prefer KittyWampus Mar 2016 #3