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sendero

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1. Both sides of the aisle..

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 07:07 AM

Oct 2013

... have claimed that the ACA is a stepping stone to single payer.

I personally don't think that was ever the intention of those who created the law. However, if using it as bludgeon saying "either we make this work or it is single payer" works for me.

Our unique "name your price" health care system, where providers simply name a price and they get it, is unsustainable.

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Breitbart: First Obamacare, Then a Single Payer System [View all] eridani Oct 2013 OP

Both sides of the aisle.. sendero Oct 2013 #1

Uh, yeah, Britefart. Got it now? Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #2

My hope is that the ACA will kill most private insurance companies. Laelth Oct 2013 #3

Don't think so. Single payer will have to be the final blow eridani Oct 2013 #5

Speaking of Satan.... Bigmack Oct 2013 #4

it takes a 2/3 vote of both houses of congress and the president's signature to repeal a law. hedda_foil Oct 2013 #6

I thought Breitbart was dead. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #7

His winger website lives on n/t eridani Oct 2013 #8