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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is not afraid to talk about SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)35. The reality is...
...those on our side did not put up a fight. They did not try to enlist their base to make noise about it.
You can talk about "reality" until you're blue in the face. The fact is, "reality" is changed when people insist upon it.
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Rosa Luxemburg
May 2015
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at the time that the president signed gingrichcare, almost two thirds of Americans were
Doctor_J
Jul 2015
#28
The rest of the advanced nations in the world all do have the single-payer system or
Cal33
May 2015
#2
It's taken 50 years in this country to get what we have. Canada had universal healthcare in the
appalachiablue
Jul 2015
#37
Trouble is, insurance companies hold a great deal of investment, not only in their own
libdem4life
May 2015
#12
Really? That's not how I remember the Clinton health care plan of 1993...
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#31
but she supports the ACA and has not talked about an alternative in the future
Rosa Luxemburg
Jul 2015
#23
please explain to me how single payer would have passed in 2008? Lieberman, Bayh, both Nelsons,
still_one
Jul 2015
#27
The President can't pass diddly without Congress. Single payer would never have happened. The blue
still_one
Jul 2015
#34
So in other words, you think they would have folded based on a sternly worded lecture?
mythology
Jul 2015
#44
That is fine, and most folks well agree, however, as long as Congress has the make up they
still_one
Jul 2015
#26
It isn't acceptable that there are 33 million people still without health care. He is right,
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#30