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7/18/2017
NEW YORK ― Al Gore called for single-payer health care on Tuesday, one day after a revolt by GOP senators dashed Republican hopes of passing a bill to repeal Obamacare.
Speaking at an event to promote his new climate change documentary, the former vice president said health insurance companies have failed to offer cost-effective coverage, even under the Affordable Care Act. A government-run, single-payer system would provide taxpayer-funded basic health care coverage for everyone.
The private sector has not shown any ability to provide good, affordable health care for all, Gore told a packed auditorium at Borough of Manhattan Community College. I believe we ought to have single-payer health care.
The statement makes the 2000 presidential nominee one of the first high-profile Democrats to advocate the so-called Medicare-for-all option since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) failed yet again this week to rally at least 50 of 52 Republican senators to pass a bill to repeal President Barack Obamas signature health care law. Lacking the votes to flat-out repeal the law without a replacement, President Donald Trump vowed to stand by and allow Obamacare to collapse without the support needed from his agencies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-gore-single-payer_us_596eb69ae4b00db3d0f3ec88
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)he has already proven he can be elected president
sandensea
(21,664 posts)I left home that evening seconds after Florida had been called for Gore by CNN; by the time I returned, everything had changed.
cliffside
(173 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)If Gore had taken office, how different things might be. Sigh.
ThePlasticMen
(7 posts)Fight the good fight!!!!
Rhiannon12866
(206,014 posts)I agree, we sure missed out when he never became president...
He was on with Stephen Colbert on Monday if you missed it, great interview!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017448860
Voltaire2
(13,158 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)you will always have my support.
AwakeAtLast
(14,133 posts)<sigh>
R B Garr
(16,975 posts)some. We just didn't elect this man.
Bill Clinton left Al Gore a surplus. That was 17 years ago. Just think what a progressive Democrat like Al Gore could have done for this country. Climate change pioneer, lockbox on Social Security, and with a surplus left by Bill C., we could have gone in his direction.
We were robbed, and look what we got out of the 3rd party lies -- 9/11 and war in Iraq instead of Al Gore's visions. What a travesty.