2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton Democrats Claim To Support Health Care As A Right, But Oppose Universal Healthcare [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)They mean different things. It's not being pedantic to use accurate terminology. It's dishonest to intentionally use inaccurate terminology. Holland has universal coverage without single payer. So does Germany. Switzerland. France. The list goes on. Anyone who studies healthcare policy knows that single payer and universal coverage are not the same.
And you are right, "universal healthcare" was not in the amendment. The amendment said "Medicare For All single-payer." That's what was defeated. Universal healthcare was not defeated. The reason that the ignorant/dishonest author of the article used the term "universal healthcare" is in order to imply that Hillary doesn't actually believe in healthcare for all. This is a lie. She does. She just doesn't think that the single payer approach is the best way to get there.