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tptacek
1y ago
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But literally every state in the country disagrees with you and so it's not going to happen.
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rrrrrrrrrrrryan
1y ago
Most Americans support a public option, which is the transition step toward a healthcare system that more closely aligns with other first world nations.
tptacek
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1y ago
Only in the abstract. When you work out a concrete proposal that involves people paying for programs, support evaporates.
antisthenes
1y ago
People are already paying for the healthcare one way or another, whether they understand it or not.
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mostlysimilar
1y ago
(decades of propaganda and state capture by the insurance companies later...) oh I guess the people just don't want it! Too bad.
bdangubic
1y ago
true but that doesn’t make it right when people are running these states are paid by the same people who benefit from the current system…
tptacek
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1y ago
The people in those states do not want it, which is why state single payer referenda fail.
paulryanrogers
1y ago
Romneycare and the ACA were a pretty big step in the single payer direction. Popular enough to overcome vetos and attempts to roll them back.
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