With Epic GOP Failure, Dems Urged to Go Bold with Medicare-for-All

[DonViejo]

Americans rallied against the GOP to defend their right to healthcare, Democrats are being urged to seize on the moment

by Lauren McCauley, staff writer

With the Republican attempt to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) going down in flames Friday as Americans rallied to defend their right to healthcare, Democrats are being urged, both by experts and constituents, to seize on the moment and counter with a plan that will truly provide coverage for all.

Uproar over the GOP's American Health Care Act (AHCA), which was estimated to strip 24 million people of their healthcare by 2026, prompted a political firestorm as it drove voters across the nation to town halls and local legislative offices to demand that House Republicans vote against the bill.

After the White House called on House Speaker Paul Ryan (Wis.) to withdraw Friday's scheduled vote (after an aggressive lobby effort on the part of both President Donald Trump and Ryan), many are looking to what happens next.

Though the Republican narrative that Obamacare is "imploding" has been proven to be an unfounded talking point, The Week's Ryan Cooper argued Friday that Democrats "shouldn't sit idly by and wait for Republicans to slowly bleed Obamacare to death by other means."

"They need a counter-offer," Cooper writes, "one that's more compelling than the creaky status quo. They need a single-payer, Medicare-for-All plan."

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/03/24/epic-gop-failure-dems-urged-go-bold-medicare-all

[dalton99a]

1. Single-payer, Medicare-for-All is the real and lasting solution.

[NBachers]

2. Here's a resource to track your rep and see if they're co-sponsoring John Conyers' Medicare for All-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028849066

[still_one]

3. While I think the Democrats should try to do it, realistically it will never get to the floor.

unless we take back at least one of the Houses in 2018.

Hopefully, California's Senate Bill 562 will make it through the legislature, and signed by the governor

I am somewhat happy that this is under the radar now, and because of that it might actually get through and become California law