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In reply to the discussion: K&R if you intend to keep fighting for single payer regardless what the SCOTUS rules. [View all]TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)8. The immense wealth (= political clout) of the insurance industry is aligned against "real people."
If the corporate "people" needed medical care (instead of mere transfusions of cash) we'd be awash in single-payer. But, it deserves mentioning, corporate "people" HAVE single-payer corporate health care in the form of bailouts and the tax code.
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K&R if you intend to keep fighting for single payer regardless what the SCOTUS rules. [View all]
libtodeath
Mar 2012
OP
Absolutely. The real focus here should be to do away with health insurance companies
loudsue
Mar 2012
#20
The immense wealth (= political clout) of the insurance industry is aligned against "real people."
TahitiNut
Mar 2012
#8
It's my impression that the insurance industry is highly concentrated, such that a relatively small
HiPointDem
Mar 2012
#54
And single-payer obviates need for mandate, and thus the legal concern at center of fray
ProgressiveATL
Mar 2012
#17
Yes,get it in forward thinking and progressive states to show the cost effectiveness!
libtodeath
Mar 2012
#24