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In reply to the discussion: Incredible: Single Payer way more popular than ObamaRomneyCare. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)134. Something must be wrong with the polling
Or, people don't really support it when it comes down to it. Then why don't they elect people who will pass it? Why are they so susceptible to conservative arguments that it's socialism, blah, blah? That the government is incompetent, etc. etc.
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Incredible: Single Payer way more popular than ObamaRomneyCare. [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2012
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Because that is how Blue Dogs think. And that is why Blue Dogs need to be run out of the party. (nt)
w4rma
Mar 2012
#8
That is one opinion. We don't have the backing of a few Billionaire and a full time propaganda
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#55
The De Facto third party corporate supremacists would stand the most to gain.
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#10
I think both Single Payer and the Public Option were out of the picture
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2012
#33
That is his tragic flaw. He gives a lot before he gets anything. If it is not deliberate it is sad
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#56
The Republicans are already making themselves unelectable, so if you're right, and
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2012
#116
I agree, the corporate media don't believe in bringing up the issue of how for profit insurance
Uncle Joe
Mar 2012
#7
The millionaires and billionaires who are profiting by denying care oppose Medicare for all
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#58
The depressing aspect of the poll is that Progressives want to see the law fail.
bluestate10
Mar 2012
#81
But I thought that Obama Care limited Insurance Company profits on health care coverage to 15%
Walk away
Mar 2012
#104
Actually, I believe it limits non-medical uses of premiums to 15%, including profit
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2012
#106
Wonderful. Too bad Medicaid bux are being slashed right and left at state and federal levels n/t
eridani
Mar 2012
#92
Uh, we already had control of the house and senate and they decided that ACA was the way to go.
progressoid
Mar 2012
#29
and how would he do that? If the HCR is ruled unconstitutional, Obama loses the election /nt
still_one
Mar 2012
#18
Because that is what he hung his first two years on, and if it was ruled unconstitutional, the
still_one
Mar 2012
#63
Here is the reality, single payer would NOT have passed in 2008. The blue dogs and repugs would
still_one
Mar 2012
#17
I agree mostly, however, by virtue of covering 40 million uninsured, it should save emergency room
still_one
Mar 2012
#62
It most assuredly did NOT federalize regulation, which is specifically left to the states n/t
eridani
Mar 2012
#93
I'm extra glad the Dems compromised away the best solution, that 2/3 of the public supported
phantom power
Mar 2012
#20
^^^^^^ Yes, the Dems had control and they silenced discussion of a universal, not for profit system
slipslidingaway
Mar 2012
#90
Dems set the agenda for the HC reform discussions long before the vote took place ...
slipslidingaway
Mar 2012
#129
The GOP really had the upper hand, as they control the Blue Dogs in the Dem Party.
NorthCarolina
Mar 2012
#97
Actually it's HeritageNewtRomneyObamaCare if one were to do it chronologically from
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#60
You're Right!!! I can't believe I went and denied him credit due, thanks for reminding me
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#69
Can't blame them for taking a bow, they spent over 20 years buying this law. /nt
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#78
Then why go way back over 20 years to a Heritage Foundation law that makes it even worse?
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#79
If our taxes can pay for illegal invasions, why can they not be used for Universal HC?
WinkyDink
Mar 2012
#82