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disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 08:35 AM Jul 2017

This single payer "group" has had NO activity lately..

Last edited Fri Jul 14, 2017, 02:36 PM - Edit history (2)



Did I mention I support single payer?...

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So it begs the question - is single payer/ medicare for all a priority for the party at this point?? I know that the rank & file are for it.. with the Republicans trying to dismantle "Obamacare", why is there no national push to go to a single payer system?? It's a winning campaign issue and yet here we are...
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This single payer "group" has had NO activity lately.. (Original Post) disillusioned73 Jul 2017 OP
The Russia Trump collusion riverbendviewgal Jul 2017 #1
I think we need to broaden our focus, we need to also aim what our healthcare system currently is ck4829 Aug 2017 #2
Yes, a little healthcare jui-jitsu disillusioned73 Aug 2017 #3
Funny thing is, I am of the belief that healthcare and race/gender/class issues are intertwined ck4829 Aug 2017 #4
I completely agree.. disillusioned73 Aug 2017 #5

riverbendviewgal

(4,314 posts)
1. The Russia Trump collusion
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 09:25 AM
Jul 2017

Last edited Fri Jul 14, 2017, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Has taken over interest. From the current news it seems the Repubs are having a hard time getting Trumpcare passed.

As a Canadian I watch One Payer, knowing how beneficial it is.

ck4829

(35,718 posts)
2. I think we need to broaden our focus, we need to also aim what our healthcare system currently is
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 08:44 AM
Aug 2017

What makes it the "greatest healthcare system" in the world according to Republicans, and focus on opposing that.

 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
3. Yes, a little healthcare jui-jitsu
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:09 AM
Aug 2017

would have been nice, why do the Repubs always frame the discussion?? Push for expansion and drive that narrative - collectively.. the corporate media was covering single payer and other alternatives for a change (to a certain extent) during the "repeal & replace" debacle. But now, all the racial issues have drowned out any real discussion on healthcare issues..

ck4829

(35,718 posts)
4. Funny thing is, I am of the belief that healthcare and race/gender/class issues are intertwined
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:20 AM
Aug 2017

One major issue that sticks out in that regard is that when it comes to race and health is that it's a "war on drugs" when the face of drug use is black, but a "public health crisis" when the face of drug use is white.

So I think that when we are seeing healthcare issues being muffled, we are also seeing some of these issues on race, gender, and class being muffled.

 

disillusioned73

(2,872 posts)
5. I completely agree..
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:18 AM
Aug 2017

not to downplay the "opiod epidemic", as it's been described lately.. but, I don't remember such concern for the "crack epidemic" in the 80's & early 90's.. poor people drugs have always been of little concern to the message conveyors and/or the policy makers..

I think 2018 is ripe for single payer (or the like policies) candidates to make serious inroads.. I keep coming back to this basic question, if not now - when? That is what Dems need to ask themselves, because R's will only keep trying undercut & destroy the ACA going forward..

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