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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Will predicts Obamacare to become single-payer because of this inconvenient fact
Donald Trump continues to lie to the American people about the imminent passage of a new Obamacare repeal and replace bill. Ultra Conservative George Will explains, in this excerpted video, why it will not happen and the reason will shock many.
https://egbertowillies.com/2017/04/21/george-will-obamacare-single-payer/
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)It doesn't work in a market like health care where the demand for it is inelastic. That's why all industrialized democracies have some form of universal health care.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)And I wouldn't call Will an ultra-conservative; he's more what you'd call an old-school conservative like William Buckley. There aren't a lot of those left in the GOP any more. I don't agree with them but at least you can have a civilized argument with them.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Donnie I mean.
Then Ryan will be super pissed and so will all those fiscal conservatives against a nanny state. Watch the impeachment fly after that--lol.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Healthcare and education should be public services run by the gov.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)for cosmetic surgery and a few other optional things. Melania won't have to go to the public hospital.
librechik
(30,674 posts)eventually these posers in Congress will be gone and the facts will force us into a nationalized health care service for anyone who can't afford insurance. We are going down as an economy if we don't, and those fuckers who are fighting it are only there to enrich Big Pharma and Insurance. Their base can't be fooled forever.
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)but he also knew it would be much better for many and would ultimately lead to the public accepting - and possibly demanding - single payer.
CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)"Thanks to Obamacare, Americans think they have a right to health care."
Shameless asshole.