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2016 Postmortem

Kingofalldems

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15. Wow. And you are a Sanders supporter?

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #10)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 08:03 PM

Nov 2015

Your post doesn't seem the least bit supportive.

Yet just a while back:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251417437

Did you change your mind or something?

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If single payer health care saves so much money, why didn't Vermont adopt it? [View all] hill2016 Nov 2015 OP

Because Peter Shumlin ran as a liberal and governed as a Third Wayer vt_native Nov 2015 #1

oh hill2016 Nov 2015 #2

Bingo. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #9

Sorry but Depaysement Nov 2015 #14

For months I've had to listen to these "experts" blather on about Vermont. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #18

If I could get my elderly Mom to move, I'd be in Vermont or Fawke Em Nov 2015 #28

I wish I could get my s/o to move to Vermont. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #36

At 18th in per capita income... NCTraveler Nov 2015 #3

A question: can a person making $100k fund their own health insurance plan JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #30

Which has what to do with the Dem primary? arcane1 Nov 2015 #4

Probably because senator sanders' homestate said no to single payer. And he campaigns on the topic. yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #10

Wow. And you are a Sanders supporter? Kingofalldems Nov 2015 #15

perhaps because of the extremely small population? nt msongs Nov 2015 #5

you do realize that Sanders' single payer plan hill2016 Nov 2015 #8

And yet not paid for entirely by each single State. Which is the point, not the administration but Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #17

so where are the costs savings in administration going to come from? hill2016 Nov 2015 #24

Private insurers spend about 20% on 'overhead' MannyGoldstein Nov 2015 #32

According to the governor of Vermont Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #6

Because it cost too much money. JaneyVee Nov 2015 #7

If Private Insurance works so damn much better, why not scrap Medicare? Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #11

Shumlin Didn't Want To Chase Co's From Vermont Tace Nov 2015 #12

It cost too much to tax payers? leftofcool Nov 2015 #13

Ask the Hillary supporter Shumlin as to why he killed it. sleepyvoter Nov 2015 #16

Can't be done state to state zipplewrath Nov 2015 #19

wait...did i stumble upon DianeK Nov 2015 #20

yup hill2016 Nov 2015 #25

Economies of scale. Single payer needs everyone in, not just a small fraction riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #21

Sanders' plan hill2016 Nov 2015 #26

Administered is not the same as paid for by. JonLeibowitz Nov 2015 #31

Drug price negotiations will be more successful with 50 states bargaining riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #33

People wanted it, not all political decision makers did. Ambitious plans are easily sabotaged by GoneFishin Nov 2015 #22

What's Hillary been up to lately? nt Autumn Nov 2015 #23

proposing hill2016 Nov 2015 #27

Actually, she was proposing a tax credit for the poor. jeff47 Nov 2015 #29

Oh the tax credit thing? How does that help the middle class? Will the poor be Autumn Nov 2015 #38

Because it doesn't save money MaggieD Nov 2015 #34

Perhaps because Obamacare prevents any state from implementing it til 2017? Oilwellian Nov 2015 #35

Probably because we've let health insurance companies My Good Babushka Nov 2015 #37