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In reply to the discussion: Obamacare not enough, so some in labor want single-payer system [View all]joshcryer
(62,296 posts)108. Laugh it up.
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It is the next step but won't happen until more progressives are put into congress
still_one
Sep 2014
#151
Obamacare is not access to healthcare, it's access to health insurance. YES FOR SINGLE PAYER
TheNutcracker
Sep 2014
#2
It sucks. I hate it. But I don't condemn Obama for not doing the impossible. n/t
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#68
The bill never had a public option, so we can blame fiibuster or anything we want.
merrily
Sep 2014
#81
SINGLE PAYER is not access to healthcare, it's access to health insurance.
IronLionZion
Sep 2014
#135
It is both. the extension of medicaid, and the subsidies based on income are
still_one
Sep 2014
#152
Americans have a remarkable propensity for conniving duplicity and shameless profiteering.
Adam051188
Sep 2014
#17
Again, not a "vow" against single payer. She's just talking about others' opposition to it.
SunSeeker
Sep 2014
#143
Oh well. We'll still get it without her support, even if it takes decades.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#65
The best possible outcome of ACA is that Obamacare becomes the gateway to single payer.
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2014
#12
Because it seems to be changing some people's expectations on health care access and payments
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2014
#44
people were fed up with big insurance, so the president made us all customers
Doctor_J
Sep 2014
#133
No, magical thinking is believing that single payer would have happened when the ACA was passed.
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2014
#137
Hey, that's the best way to get a LOT of good accomplished for the vast majority of Americans.
calimary
Sep 2014
#16
The money is not going to be removed from the election process unless and until
merrily
Sep 2014
#85
The American people must make it clear that we are sick of our democracy being co-opted.
Enthusiast
Sep 2014
#122
If the American people don't find a way to make that clear, the politicians won't guess we are sick
merrily
Sep 2014
#124
I'm saying Medicare is not much better, still have insurance companies involved, no cap on
Hoyt
Sep 2014
#46
Let's fix medicare first. It is very limited and will only cover about 80% of medical costs.
YOHABLO
Sep 2014
#34
I agree about the ACA for sure. It would have been decades before anyone touched healthcare
Hoyt
Sep 2014
#86
Many want a National Health Service like in the UK. Single-payer is a step in that direction. n/t
pampango
Sep 2014
#36
Without Single-payer, We Will Never Be the Social/Competitive Business Equal of Europe
cer7711
Sep 2014
#76
SOME in labor want single payer? Anyone who does NOT want single payer is misinformed or evil.
merrily
Sep 2014
#78
Health insurance is an 800 billion dollar industry and would suddenly be eliminated.
Kablooie
Sep 2014
#148