Cystic fibrosis patients living 10 years longer in Canada than U.S.

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13. Tragically unsurprising

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Dems in the House need to start working on generating the political will NOW by introducing a competing ACA "fix" that adds the public option. And they need to launch a coordinated effort to "sell" it to the public. Call on people to contact Reps to tell them the Dem bill is what they want. And if/when it is blocked this session, call on people to elect Dems in 2018 so we CAN get it done.

Right now we are engaged in a losing "ACA sucks" v. No it doesn't" argument. We need to move the fight to "our turf." They claim "their" bill will reduce premiums. It's a lie, but people will be/are being duped by it. Without a competing bill, all we can say is "their bill won't lower premiums." And that's a classic "Don't think of an elephant" loser. With a competing bill that has the public option -- which actually WILL cut costs through polling and negotiation -- we've got something positive to advocate. We need to do more than fight for the status quo if we want to move our healthcare system in the right direction (or stop reversal).

ACA is in fact not great. It needs fixing. The right kind of fixing. Let's accept the reality that "they" have successfully demonized it and we are not going to be able to undo that damage. The only way to really protect what we've got is to change the game.