Opinion: Sanders triumphs over Trump in healthcare's battle of ideas
07/14/17 09:40 AM EDT
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has defeated President Trump and his allies in Congress by a landslide in the battle of ideas over healthcare in America. The various GOP healthcare proposals offered by Republicans in 2017 are all destined to suffer an ignominious defeat.
They are so horrendous, so destructive to the interests of so many Americans, so strongly opposed by so many groups representing major players in the healthcare system and so widely and intensely disliked by so many voters, that they will not become law in any form close to what is currently on the table in Congress. The Sanders vision of healthcare, which is to enact a Medicare for all system, is far more popular with voters than TrumpCare, RyanCare and the latest version of the ill-fated McConnell plan.
Let's give great credit to Sanders. He correctly championed the cause of single-payer for many years and throughout the Democratic primaries in 2016. He continues his battle in the current Congress and will not relent until some form of single-payer is enacted into law. Lets also give great credit to the many other Democrats and progressive groups, such as the Sanders-affiliated organization, Our Revolution, that stand tall in favor of guaranteeing Americans affordable healthcare through a Medicare for all plan.
Sanders and other supporters of Medicare for all are absolutely right when they note that democratic nations around the world have single-payer systems. They are absolutely right when they note that these single-payer programs throughout the democratic world are very popular with voters and very successful in practice.
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