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CAPHAVOC

(1,138 posts)
9. Obama is stuck with this disaster
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 06:28 AM
Mar 2012

Because he did not promote Medicare for all. This plan was written in back rooms by Aetna, BCBS, United Health care, AARP, Cigna and Phizer & Friends. We were sold downriver. The 1% strike again.

I would peg it at 10% optimistically speaking. Selatius Mar 2012 #1
0% daleanime Mar 2012 #2
That's another thing I fear . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #4
I have hope my granddaughter may one day benefit from Single Payer. . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #3
I believe Single Payer's inevitable too . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #6
Obama is stuck with this disaster CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #9
And then he had the gall to say that he believes that private for profit health insurance SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #19
Medicare is not even CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #20
why don't they try, and find out? KG Mar 2012 #5
There's the operative phrase - "till they stood up and demanded them". HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #21
It's a question of how do we GET "35-40% still under the spell of Faux/CNBC" CTyankee Mar 2012 #27
Appeal to their selfishness? HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #30
Those are good arguments but we need spokespersons they believe in. Perhaps that is the key. CTyankee Mar 2012 #32
Zero. But we are trapped here with our dreams of a better life one day. mmonk Mar 2012 #7
The same odds that the 1964 Civil Rights Act had of passing Zalatix Mar 2012 #8
If we had the Internet and three 24/7 news networks back in 1964 customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #12
Faux and CNBC would defend Bull Connor. I'm convinced. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #22
It's going to take another serious burst of progressivism customerserviceguy Mar 2012 #10
If Obamacare is shot down I think it will 10 years before we see single payer have a real shot. Ganja Ninja Mar 2012 #11
Beat me to it. I was about to say the same thing. SmileyRose Mar 2012 #14
It was not a mistake CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #25
Medicare for all is single payer. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #13
0% vi5 Mar 2012 #15
If the ACA is overturned, Dems won't touch Healthcare for 50 years. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #16
In the next 20 years? Close to no chance at all. Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #17
In this environment, slim and none Gman Mar 2012 #18
As you can see zipplewrath Mar 2012 #23
Fuck all this hand wringing libtodeath Mar 2012 #24
All of those things happened as a result of public backlash against unfairness. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #29
So what is the plan? libtodeath Mar 2012 #33
Zero percent antytime in the near future karynnj Mar 2012 #26
I once had a discussion with my accountant (a pretty smart guy) about single payer health CTyankee Mar 2012 #28
There's a video of Obama advocating a single payer Proles Mar 2012 #31
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