AL GORE: "I believe we ought to have single-payer health care"

[leftstreet]

7/18/2017
NEW YORK ― Al Gore called for single-payer health care on Tuesday, one day after a revolt by GOP senators dashed Republican hopes of passing a bill to repeal Obamacare.

Speaking at an event to promote his new climate change documentary, the former vice president said health insurance companies have failed to offer cost-effective coverage, even under the Affordable Care Act. A government-run, single-payer system would provide taxpayer-funded basic health care coverage for everyone.

“The private sector has not shown any ability to provide good, affordable health care for all,” Gore told a packed auditorium at Borough of Manhattan Community College. “I believe we ought to have single-payer health care.”

The statement makes the 2000 presidential nominee one of the first high-profile Democrats to advocate the so-called Medicare-for-all option since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) failed yet again this week to rally at least 50 of 52 Republican senators to pass a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Lacking the votes to flat-out repeal the law without a replacement, President Donald Trump vowed to stand by and allow Obamacare to collapse without the support needed from his agencies.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-gore-single-payer_us_596eb69ae4b00db3d0f3ec88

[beam me up scottie]

1. Awesome.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[DonCoquixote]

3. 2020

he has already proven he can be elected president

[sandensea]

4. My first vote, proud to say, was cast for Al Gore.

I left home that evening seconds after Florida had been called for Gore by CNN; by the time I returned, everything had changed.

[cliffside]

5. Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, Schumer get on board and stop making excuses! nt

[BadgerMom]

6. We've lost so much to Republican election interference and propaganda from the right.

If Gore had taken office, how different things might be. Sigh.

[ThePlasticMen]

7. Thank you, Al

Fight the good fight!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Welcome to DU, ThePlasticMen!

I agree, we sure missed out when he never became president...

He was on with Stephen Colbert on Monday if you missed it, great interview!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017448860

[Voltaire2]

9. They are going to have to find an electric bus to toss Al under.

[leftstreet]

13. LOL

[beam me up scottie]

15. LMAO!

[dalton99a]

10. Kick.

[Javaman]

11. Oh Al, what could have been.

you will always have my support.

[AwakeAtLast]

12. You and I had the same thought

<sigh>

[R B Garr]

14. Proof that the Democrats haven't lost their way, as we hear from

some. We just didn't elect this man.

Bill Clinton left Al Gore a surplus. That was 17 years ago. Just think what a progressive Democrat like Al Gore could have done for this country. Climate change pioneer, lockbox on Social Security, and with a surplus left by Bill C., we could have gone in his direction.

We were robbed, and look what we got out of the 3rd party lies -- 9/11 and war in Iraq instead of Al Gore's visions. What a travesty.