2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Here it is: Bernie's Single Payer Healthcare Plan [View all]Whoever gets the nomination will have a good majority in the Senate. Regardless of cost tails. Democrars will pick up House seats. How many is hard to say as the GOP districts are very well gerrymandered. There's only a small handful of swung districts. It would be nice to say we'll finish the job in 2years but I don't expect it in any event the job needs to be done by 2021 when redistricfing occurs. I'm not optimistic.
And no, there will not be a large percentage of Democrats who will not vote for Hillary. They may have to pass out clothes pins for people to hold their nose with while they vote, but there is not also a large number of Democrats that are that stupid either.
Other than "revolution" yours is the best plan of all responses. But it's not likely. The best strategy is incrementally change the ACA.