2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Enough of the bull$hit. It's not that HRC and cronies think Bernie can't get single payer passed [View all]MineralMan
(146,286 posts)healthcare is delivered in this country. The simplest way to do that is through something like Medicare for All.
I do not see that as an actual possibility at this time, however. Until we have dominating Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, such a thing will not be possible.
If we want it, we are going to have to do much more than simply elect a Democratic President, and it will take very hard work in several elections, especially in mid-term elections, when Democrats tend not to bother to go and vote.
Until we recognize that any such system must be first enacted by Congress, we will have zero chance of having any such system. If we will endeavor to remake the Congress, we will have a chance. Will we do that? I see little evidence that such action is very much on people's minds right now.
No President can deliver single-payer healthcare until Congress has a very different makeup. Let's make that happen. If we do, then any President can sign the enabling legislation, and any Democratic President would do exactly that. Promises without capability are useless.