Dear President Obama please can you try to get us single payer healthcare before you leave?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

I know but the ACA can be the first stepping stone towards single payer.

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. No, he can't. Let the next president fight the "healthcare wars" all over again. He's done with...

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that fight, and paid a hefty cost for it.

[great white snark]

2. Maybe the junior Senator from Vermont can do it when prez....even though his state could not.

That is if he ever gets over the shock of actually having to build a consensus to get things done.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. Exactly. That's a fight for another administration. Obama can't even get these ridiculous....

governors to expand Medicaid in 21 states. Unless the o.p. just wants the POTUS to engage in symbolic wars (like he has nothing else to do), then I don't see the point.

Yup. Let BS take up the single payer fight, and we'll see if the country's in the mood.

[treestar]

3. From this congress?

If the 111tb congress did I not do it why would this tea party congress? They only want to repeal the ACA. What a clueless request

[freshwest]

5. Not a request. A snark to insult the BOG . Not biting on this bait. n/t

[treestar]

6. Yep

[Cha]

9. I just told her like it is.

[Cha]

8. Please, See my post, treestar..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1102&pid=30017

[Cha]

7. That's kind of silly.. Bernie Sanders said they didn't have the votes for single payer when they got

ACA and now you're asking President Obama to waste his time getting it out of a repub senate and house?

[IronLionZion]

10. Building the constituency

as more people benefit, we get more support politically and more pressure on politicians for bigger reforms. We need more success stories, more people need to know their friends and loved ones are benefitting, and collectively our health outcomes and economy has to be improved because of it. This is the only way to get people to start believing that everyone does better when everyone does better, rising tide lifts all boats, etc. They have to see it to believe it.

Gay marriage happened one state at a time until it reached the tipping point

We might get single payer faster than you think. Do it at the state level first.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. yes

[steve2470]

12. There's difficult and there's impossible

With this Congress, I'd say it's impossible. YMMV. Why attempt the impossible ? Let's get a decent Congress FIRST, then go for single payer. If this Congress or any Congress before January 20, 2017 passes single payer healthcare, feel free to shove this post in my face.

[ismnotwasm]

13. ....

[sheshe2]

14. Take your snark back to GD.

We don't want you here. You do not have carte blanche on DU. We have groups. Abide by are rules.

Lol~ Your Hero. The Bern already said they never had the votes for single payer. Yet you are here blaming Obama.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251406093

[BainsBane]

15. Sure, magic fairy dust sprinkled on the GOP House and Senate

should take care of that right quick.