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But if we did do that then how would the CEO's be able to get their obscene pay packages? dhol82 Mar 2017 #1
But But But......That's........SO-SHUL-ISMMMMMM!!! (Cue Ominous Music: DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!!!) ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #2
Yes PatSeg Mar 2017 #22
And the throngs of people who work in the private medical insurance industry? Orsino Mar 2017 #3
The Demand For Treatment Doesn't Go Away; The Mechanism For Payment Just Changes ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #4
We already know from multiple American examples that single-payer works... Orsino Mar 2017 #13
A Dem bill fix that adds "public option." pat_k Mar 2017 #17
Sounds good to me. Orsino Mar 2017 #18
Oh, Now I See ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2017 #23
well, actually a lot of single payers' costs go way down precisely because ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #25
Yes we DO need a single payer plan IMO mvd Mar 2017 #38
Or introduce a Dem "replacement" bill that adds public option. pat_k Mar 2017 #6
It won't happen...better to spend time defending the ACA ... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #10
And that is the thinking that makes it impossible to EVER generate the political will. pat_k Mar 2017 #14
Exactly right ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #26
Dems can introduce a "replacement" bill of their own. pat_k Mar 2017 #5
How would Medicare for all work? yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #7
Here's Conyer's latest version pat_k Mar 2017 #8
Thanks. Tax top 5 percent wage earners yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #12
To be fair I should say that the Democrats didn't have the votes. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #9
They should still be out there making the case. pat_k Mar 2017 #20
They should be out there saving the ACA...trying to do anything else plays into Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #21
"ACA sucks" v. "No it doesn't" is a losing argument. pat_k Mar 2017 #24
No, in the real world...that is how the GOP gets the aca repealed.... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #31
Who said "attack it"? pat_k Mar 2017 #39
Of course it can be improved and the should be our Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #40
My suggestion is version with public option pat_k Mar 2017 #45
yeah, yeah ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #28
consider Lieberman whom I dislike...was primaried Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #33
Who's attacking the ACA? ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #36
We can't replace it...we must support it and improve it if given the chance...but that Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #44
Intro competing bill w/public option now, and.. pat_k Mar 2017 #46
Privatization guarantees nothing except government-funded corruption Orrex Mar 2017 #11
It can never work for health care because health care isn't a "commodity"... pat_k Mar 2017 #15
That is 100% absolute and perfect truth Orrex Mar 2017 #19
That would be another huge benefit of single payer ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #29
Preach it! (nt) Orrex Mar 2017 #32
some things are best done by the private sector, others by the public sector. unblock Mar 2017 #37
Follow the lead of every other developed nation. pat_k Mar 2017 #47
Are economy is so strong we actually can afford the waste of subsidizing insurance for everyone Johonny Mar 2017 #16
It's not really about price, it's about social control ck4829 Mar 2017 #27
I've come to believe that as well ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #30
God damn that's a cold-blooded assessment Orrex Mar 2017 #34
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OMG!!!!!11 COMMUNISM!1!!!1!! QC Mar 2017 #41
Think of the poor insurance company CEOs without their umpteen million dollar salaries! raccoon Mar 2017 #42
But then how could the rich profit... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #43
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