How Obama and the Democrats failed to defend the universal right to healthcare

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16. There's a very large problem with this article.

And that is the assumption that the "war for healthcare" is over. The ACA is not even the end of the first battle.

What the ACA does do is move the battle for universal healthcare to the states. And it's going to be a lot easier to get single-payer or public-options passed in the "Blue" states than at the federal level. That's why Republicans are so adamant about repealing the law - they can't stop what will happen in blue states starting in 2017.

When blue states go single-payer or add a public option, the distinct lack of dead people will destroy the FUD the Republicans have been using at the federal level. Success in those blue states will cause some purple states to follow suit. Once we have success in both blue and purple states, the federal battle will be far easier.

Also known as "doing exactly what Canada did to get single-payer".