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still_one

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1. When the ACA passed, Democrats controlled both houses. They could have done universal health care

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 04:21 AM

Feb 2015

then, but because democrats such as Lieberman, Bayh, both Nelsons and others not only didn't want universal healthcare, they wouldn't even go for Medicare for all. I am pretty skeptical even if Democrats controlled both houses if universal healthcare would be a reality.

Until congressional people are forbidden from taking legal bribes, (lobbyist), I do not see it happening

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ACA 2.0 [View all] McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 OP

When the ACA passed, Democrats controlled both houses. They could have done universal health care still_one Feb 2015 #1

It wasn't the lobbyists YarnAddict Feb 2015 #2

It was the only thing that would have passed at that time, and when you say it has never been still_one Feb 2015 #3

Believe me, I know about the subsidies YarnAddict Feb 2015 #4

Even when Democrats just barely had nominal control of both houses... Silent3 Feb 2015 #5

I don't think so. They floated Medicare for those 55 and older at the time, and those still_one Feb 2015 #7

'fix it later' -- as if. let's be real, there is no intention to fix it, or enact a single payer KG Feb 2015 #6