2016 Postmortem

DirkGently

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7. Respectfully as to Ms. Clinton,

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 01:57 AM

Feb 2016

on whose behalf is this vehemence that single-payer WILL NOT HAPPEN?

It's one thing to opine it's not a realistic goal in the short term. And I take no issue with suggesting we tune and polish the ACA in the meantime.

But no one is actually this determined we cross out and totally discard the world's proven-best approach to health care. The one employed by all other wealthy democracies.

No one but the health insurance industry.

Is that where she's coming from? I don't accuse -- I'm really asking.

Because otherwise, it makes no sense to me to frame a single-payer healthcare system as not just a challenge; not just a long term vs short-term goal, but as some kind of unthinkable anathema.

Weird.

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What makes Hillary happy, what makes Hillary mad [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2016 OP

"Never, ever come to pass" sounds more like a campaign promise than an observation. pa28 Feb 2016 #1

Given her prognostic capabilities I would guess single payer is now, ironically enough, inevitable Fumesucker Feb 2016 #2

Yippee! nt artislife Feb 2016 #3

One of the rare times I've heard her speak where I didn't think she was acting. Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #8

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #4

That is a sexist comment Fumesucker Feb 2016 #5

If she were a man, I would use the phrase "schoolboy." 1000words Feb 2016 #6

Fumesucker is right. When have you EVER used the term "schoolboy giggle" here to pnwmom Feb 2016 #9

Respectfully as to Ms. Clinton, DirkGently Feb 2016 #7