2016 Postmortem

Baobab

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35. Actually the government already pays around 2/3 of every healthcare dollar.

Tue May 24, 2016, 05:17 PM

May 2016

You can read the details The Current and Projected Taxpayer Shares of US Health Costs - American Public Health Association We are already paying almost enough to switch to Single Payer and we then save so much we get it for almost nothing!.

Contrast that to State Health Reform Flatlines (2008) which shows us that we've been doing the same things over and over again even though they do not work.

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This is how Neera Tanden feels about Single Payer Healthcare. Hillary put a neoliberal on the [View all] JRLeft May 2016 OP

I think the item you wanted to show is not showing, something maybe with the link? insta8er May 2016 #1

I see it. JRLeft May 2016 #3

Sorry..it was my privacy badger tool that blocked it. insta8er May 2016 #23

we need this man! Baobab May 2016 #19

Thanks, baobab... truedelphi May 2016 #52

With "progressives" like these, who needs republicans? arcane1 May 2016 #2

Right? JRLeft May 2016 #4

They gave us "Heritage Foundation Care" after all. arcane1 May 2016 #5

They gave us what they could that was compatible with this Baobab May 2016 #29

But she is a WOMAN. Skwmom May 2016 #25

people are dying because of no healthcare or inadequate health care Baobab May 2016 #54

It was sarcasm. Welcome to the internet. JaneyVee May 2016 #6

You may not know who she is then. JRLeft May 2016 #9

Remember when Repubs called everyone freeloaders? JaneyVee May 2016 #12

Read this. JRLeft May 2016 #21

Bernie fired his Israel outreach director... JaneyVee May 2016 #27

Our government officials are completely one sided when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian issue. JRLeft May 2016 #41

Yeah, "neutral".... JaneyVee May 2016 #43

Read above, I said he's not where I want him to be but he's better than HRC. JRLeft May 2016 #47

There are none so blind... vintx May 2016 #51

Oh, I know. JRLeft May 2016 #53

Sure... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #10

She is against single payer - like Hillary she catapults the propaganda that it just can't be done vintx May 2016 #18

Actually the government already pays around 2/3 of every healthcare dollar. Baobab May 2016 #35

Yes but with a public option, there's no corporate profits to divvy up vintx May 2016 #42

Please look at the following links re- single payer vs fake "public option" Baobab May 2016 #74

No kidding. TwilightZone May 2016 #49

Tea Partiers think like this. Thanks Hillary!! nt stillwaiting May 2016 #7

But but but... she's a woman!!!!!11!1!11! vintx May 2016 #8

"Identity politics is killing this country!". Wonder what MLK would think? JaneyVee May 2016 #13

Cheering neoliberals because they're female is nowhere near a civil rights issue vintx May 2016 #20

Jury results. zeemike May 2016 #28

Aw, poor Hillary fans. You'll just have to keep trying! vintx May 2016 #30

they're Tumblr politics: the races and sexes should be separate, blood guilt is a great idea, MisterP May 2016 #57

Um... ok vintx May 2016 #69

what I meant was that I see a lot of similarities between the Clintonistas MisterP May 2016 #71

Only an entitled asshole would equate a paid subscription to the New York Times djean111 May 2016 #11

privilege Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #14

Wheres the privilege? JaneyVee May 2016 #32

She's against it now. JRLeft May 2016 #44

The candidate gets more disgusting with each passing day Doctor_J May 2016 #15

Wow, wonder what her DU name is. Autumn May 2016 #16

Have her views changed in the five years since that tweet was sent? LonePirate May 2016 #17

No, she's worse. She's a fuckin authoritarian JRLeft May 2016 #24

Tone down the rhetoric. JaneyVee May 2016 #31

Read the article. JRLeft May 2016 #38

I'm sure you will soon hear about her evolution. JackRiddler May 2016 #39

No she won't, she's a real staunch corporatist who uses the word progressive as a shield. JRLeft May 2016 #46

People are tired of being held hostage by insurance companies who give BIG MONEY to the politicians Skwmom May 2016 #22

She recently got Matt Bruenig fired because he got into a spat with Joan Walsh. JRLeft May 2016 #36

Matt Bruenig got fired because he can't behave like an adult and a professional. BobbyDrake May 2016 #56

Wrong he got fired because he challenged the establishment. JRLeft May 2016 #59

Whatever you need to tell yourself. BobbyDrake May 2016 #60

No, you live in a bubble. JRLeft May 2016 #61

And let me guess, you're rubber and I'm glue? JFC, what is this, recess? BobbyDrake May 2016 #68

And let's not forget how the Hilloons call Sanders supporters "privileged" Doctor_J May 2016 #26

Right? vintx May 2016 #33

Freeloaders. frylock May 2016 #34

The New York Times surely objects. JackRiddler May 2016 #37

It's clearly a joke. TwilightZone May 2016 #40

Have you seen the intercept article? Read that and ask me again if she's a progressive. JRLeft May 2016 #48

Watch this. JRLeft May 2016 #50

Citizens who can't afford insurance are "freeloaders?" Vinca May 2016 #45

Yeah, and for that transgression the BernieBros called her everything but a child of God... Blue_Tires May 2016 #55

The important thing is she has a vagina, right? TheKentuckian May 2016 #58

That was a joke. wildeyed May 2016 #62

Read the intercept article it has her emails in it. JRLeft May 2016 #64

If I am going to read that, you have to give me wildeyed May 2016 #67

Go, go.... fleabiscuit May 2016 #63

Maybe Neera because they are poorer. That is an old Democratic jwirr May 2016 #65

Camp Clinton would love this to be widely distributed. It is a Clinton core belief. Skwmom May 2016 #66

Maybe their only true core. JRLeft May 2016 #70

If you infiltrate the Democratic Party with Republican Corporatists, the chance you will Skwmom May 2016 #73

I saw her on Bill Maher a few months back and thought she was great Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #72