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In reply to the discussion: Listen To Hillary ...FLIP FLOP In Record 3 DAYS On Universal Health Care Just Last Week!!! [View all]D Gary Grady
(133 posts)47. I agree: Choice of insurers is a faster path to universal coverage
I personally prefer Bernie, and I agree that Hillary is no paragon of truth-telling, but there's simply no flip-flop at all in what Clinton says in those two clips.
You're right, Hoyt. Rational or not, vast numbers of Americans distrust government and the idea of having no choice. This makes it easy for Republicans to make them afraid of single payer. Fortunately, there are a number of examples of successful universal healthcare systems that don't depend on single-payer -- Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the Netherlands for a start.
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Listen To Hillary ...FLIP FLOP In Record 3 DAYS On Universal Health Care Just Last Week!!! [View all]
CorporatistNation
Feb 2016
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Hillary has become a parody of herself... it would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2016
#55
We can watch her be exposed for lying here too, regarding Bosnia and being in harms way!
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#3
She sounds psycho for one thing. But yeah she is a flip flopper with no core principles.
Bread and Circus
Feb 2016
#5
And they just don't get why people think she's untrustworthy. She will literally say anything.
AtomicKitten
Feb 2016
#21
Our country needs this badly. Healthcare has bankrupted our business and people. How could she!
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#12
Exactly. There is a world of difference between "universal care" and "universal coverage"
arcane1
Feb 2016
#20
Like when Obama quit talking about "Healthcare reform" and switched to "Health Insurance Reform".
Fuddnik
Feb 2016
#35
The Conventional And Respectd Definition of Universal Health care is Single Payer/ Public Option...
CorporatistNation
Feb 2016
#52
Most folks don't know the difference. While I think single payer is ultimately better, there are
Hoyt
Feb 2016
#32
If every day is Opposite Day with the opposition what makes you think your idea will prosper?
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#66
Not sure that it will. But it is more practical, and likely to get more support from Democrats. nt
Adrahil
Feb 2016
#68
So now the problem isn't the GOP but a Democratic party that won't support a President Sanders.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2016
#72
This is what's really going on ................corporations are running both parties and our country
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#75
her supporters cheer the fact that she doesn't want healthcare without the profiteers
Doctor_J
Feb 2016
#25
Of course it's better. She won't fight for that either. Big Insurance won't let her
Doctor_J
Feb 2016
#70
She's either accused of being against the idea or she's being a flip-flopper if she supports it.
LonePirate
Feb 2016
#26
Camp Weathervane strikes again. She feels the burn from Iowa and is now fighting Bernie
Feeling the Bern
Feb 2016
#29
This is the one thing that would change our country for the better in so many ways from health to
ViseGrip
Feb 2016
#79
It sounds plausible but I think she's taking these cartwheeling flip flops because polling.
hedda_foil
Feb 2016
#46
Only if you are mistakenly thinking universal health care and single payer are the same thing
Recursion
Feb 2016
#54