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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
No. There wasn't. But there should have been.
So please answer my question.
What makes you think the president we elected wanted to do the right thing?
What legislative votes would he have lost if he had tried to put single-payer through?
Corporate welfare for the insurance industry is not a stepping stone in the direction of universal healthcare.
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I actually think he would have lost a lot of votes had he tried to force through a single-payer system. Sure, those on the far left would have supported him, but man democrats get big donations from insurance companies, pharm companies ect. Those companies would have been all over them to vote no.
Here is a quote from Obama about why he didn't do a single-payer option. "Given that a lot of people work for insurance companies, a lot of people work for HMOs. You?ve got a whole system of institutions that have been set up."
He knew a single-payer system would have caused a sea change in the healthcare world with a lot of people losing their jobs. I'm sure there are plenty of democrats who would not want to be associated with such a radical change.
I, along with others, think single-payer is the end result of all of this, but I don't think Obama could have gotten it through even if he wanted it.