Reply #10: There's a reason why the last 30 Congresses have each refused to even consider it.

[BzaDem]

You can make excuses, and talk about failed candidates/lack of backbone/blah blah blah. But in the end, all the excuses and whining aside, not one Congress has even considered it. The people have a choice. If they wanted to, they could find and elect single payer candidates. There was one Presidential candidate that supported it, and many in Congress. Yet each and every election cycle, this doesn't happen. Every single time.

You can claim all you want that a majority supports it. I have seen many reputable polls of late say otherwise, but let's assume for the sake of argument that a majority WILL respond to a pollster in the affirmative when asked about Medicare for all.

Unfortunately, there is a BIG difference between telling a pollster that they like the idea, and them actually going out of their way to find and elect single payer candidates. It is THIS that needs to happen before we get it (again, all excuses aside). Having community rating will provide a large incentive for people who currently are unconcerned or indifferent about healthcare to actually do something about it (beyond replying to a pollster).