THIS is who they want to put in the Whitehouse? Really?!?

[Hoyt]

113. I agree with Reid. When at least 42% of the country is opposed to single payer, why try

to shove it down their throats overnight. That has no chance of passing.

But, adding a Public Option does have some appeal I think. People who believe commercial insurance is better, can keep it. Those who want to try a public option -- like expanded Medicare -- can do that. if the public option is as good as we believe, people will gravitate toward it.

I agree that single payer is ultimately the best approach, but lots of people don't like the idea and there is no chance the current Congress, or anything conceivable in the next decade or two, would approve a mandatory Medicare-for-all. I know it would be cheaper, although not as cheap as Sanders says, and likely better from an outcomes perspective.

Clinton supports drug negotiations, but keep in mind that drugs only make up $300 Billion of of the $3 trillion we spend on health care. if we went to Canadian or British rates on drugs, we'd cut out about $70 Billion at best. Nothing to sneeze at, but it will not even pay for picking up the uninsured.