Instead of a 600 page monster of ACA. All it took was athree word change to the Medicare enabling legislation and that is "eligible at birth"
Voila, problem solved, but Rahm Emanuel, a neo liberal and privatizer, did not allow any single payor advocates into the White House when discussions about the ACA were going on and neither did Nancy Pelosi allow any debate.
There is a reason, the Association of Health Insurance Providers(AHIP) are deep pockets, as is PhRMA.
Money talks, politicians walk. And the problem is compounded because most congress critters have investment portfolios, with insurance and PhRMA stocks, not to mention insider trading.
Nancy and Barak excluded single payor from imput and discussions.
All the most-heard voices dissed single payer health insurance -- until Bernie got a voice -- even people who should have known better dissed it.
I agree there was not full-throated support of a health care system that wan't based on for-profit care and insurance companies.
I think Democrats MIGHT have heard reason if they had not been working for bi-partisanship with Republicans, but maybe I'm crazy.
I know that Democrats are not trying to dismantle the Constitution and usher in even greater migration of wealth to Oligarchs and bring us into a new age of Robber Barons and Autocrats.
The Heritage Societies template for changing our government, and their plan for next year {2025} are primary in my sights at the moment. ,
I ALWAYS make a point of pointing out {!!} that we can't only care about our government once every four years and expect anything to get better.
But we had better NOT try to get through the NEXT four years with the weight of Donald J. Trump and the Oligarchs dragging us under.
VOTE BLUE
And keep arguing your guts out to make the Dems and th Left better -- but Vote Blue.
Pat I disagree with you on health care and Obama.
Instead of a 600 page monster of ACA. All it took was athree word change to the Medicare enabling legislation and that is "eligible at birth"
Voila, problem solved, but Rahm Emanuel, a neo liberal and privatizer, did not allow any single payor advocates into the White House when discussions about the ACA were going on and neither did Nancy Pelosi allow any debate.
There is a reason, the Association of Health Insurance Providers(AHIP) are deep pockets, as is PhRMA.
Money talks, politicians walk. And the problem is compounded because most congress critters have investment portfolios, with insurance and PhRMA stocks, not to mention insider trading.
Nancy and Barak excluded single payor from imput and discussions.
All the most-heard voices dissed single payer health insurance -- until Bernie got a voice -- even people who should have known better dissed it.
I agree there was not full-throated support of a health care system that wan't based on for-profit care and insurance companies.
I think Democrats MIGHT have heard reason if they had not been working for bi-partisanship with Republicans, but maybe I'm crazy.
I know that Democrats are not trying to dismantle the Constitution and usher in even greater migration of wealth to Oligarchs and bring us into a new age of Robber Barons and Autocrats.
The Heritage Societies template for changing our government, and their plan for next year {2025} are primary in my sights at the moment. ,
I ALWAYS make a point of pointing out {!!} that we can't only care about our government once every four years and expect anything to get better.
But we had better NOT try to get through the NEXT four years with the weight of Donald J. Trump and the Oligarchs dragging us under.
VOTE BLUE
And keep arguing your guts out to make the Dems and th Left better -- but Vote Blue.