2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Mon Jan 18, 2016, 11:49 PM Jan 2016

Remember, in the 90's, HRC took single-payer off the table from the get-go.

She has no right to act as if she fought for it but it just couldn't be done. She has no right at all to claim she cares about healthcare as an issue. Her own 2008 proposals were too trivial to matter.

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Remember, in the 90's, HRC took single-payer off the table from the get-go. (Original Post) Ken Burch Jan 2016 OP

I did not realize that. At the time I was not as engaged and I did not know the details of what she GoneFishin Jan 2016 #1

Wouldn't pass. Locally controlled Healthcare was not even acceptable Hoyt Jan 2016 #2

There was nothing to lose by at least proposing it. Ken Burch Jan 2016 #3

Sanders proposed single payer in 2009. It died. Hoyt Jan 2016 #5

IIRC, she had the insurance companies at the table. kath Jan 2016 #4

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)

1. I did not realize that. At the time I was not as engaged and I did not know the details of what she

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 11:51 PM

Jan 2016

was proposing.

I do remember her being trashed by the Republicans at that time.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Wouldn't pass. Locally controlled Healthcare was not even acceptable

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 11:53 PM

Jan 2016

to GOP and conservative dems. Just a fact.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

3. There was nothing to lose by at least proposing it.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 12:03 AM

Jan 2016

And the result of HRC's strategy there was that nothing was passed at all.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. Sanders proposed single payer in 2009. It died.

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 06:02 AM

Jan 2016

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/s703

kath

(10,565 posts)

4. IIRC, she had the insurance companies at the table.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 12:28 AM

Jan 2016

And that pissed me off.
so no, not ever serious about real *healthcare* reform, just fiddling with health *insurance*.

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