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In reply to the discussion: How Obama and the Democrats failed to defend the universal right to healthcare [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)18. The similarity is the states/provinces go first, then the national system follows.
Not that it will be an exact duplicate of Canada's transition.
And the health insurance companies can be as entrenched as they'd like. Not gonna stop public options from passing in blue states.
With no need to profit, those public options are going to cost less than private insurance. Which will cause private insurance to lose its customer base, thus its income, and thus its power in that state. Repeat a few times, and the insurance industry will not be so entrenched nationally.
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How Obama and the Democrats failed to defend the universal right to healthcare [View all]
marmar
Jan 2014
OP
This particular 'some guy' is a Chicago labor leader who thinks PBO owes him. He gets little
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#7
Wesley Clark was on NPR 'The Takeaway' this morning and talked about ''Bob Gates''...
Octafish
Jan 2014
#15
You're on a roll today, marmar! Thank you for representing the democratic arm of the
loudsue
Jan 2014
#10
The Greens and Libertarians don't like the ACA numbers any more than the Repubs do. nt
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#14
Canada's private health insurance companies were never as well entrenched as in the USA
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
#17
The similarity is the states/provinces go first, then the national system follows.
jeff47
Jan 2014
#18
If that were true, the insurance industry wouldn't be giving their political contributions
jeff47
Jan 2014
#20
Again, how exactly would the insurance industry stop it in all blue states? (nt)
jeff47
Jan 2014
#30
The same way they got a Democratic president to kill the public option we were promised
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
#31