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In reply to the discussion: The long game of Obamacare [View all]

IronLionZion

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7. public option and single payer can and will come faster than people think
Tue Sep 24, 2013, 11:29 AM
Sep 2013

at the state level, with support from ACA.

Critics on the left think change isn't coming fast enough, while completely ignoring that the last attempt at health care reform was 20 years ago and failed hard. Change is coming in leaps and bounds faster than before, on par with Medicare and social security. The increased healthcare spending is going into increasing supply of providers to meet the increasing demand for treatment by the newly insured. This is a mission critical first step on the road to universal single payer.

The mindless and relentless opposition on the right should be a sign that the ACA is a big step in the right direction.

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