I want to respond to this right-wingb talking point. There's no way, other than single payer, to get to universal coverage. This right-wing talking point that there's many ways to get universal coverage was started by think tanks designed to 1/ medium.com/@rweingarten/l…
Stop single payer talks. No country that doesn't have single payer has universal (100%) coverage. This shows it's impossible without single payer.
When the lobbyists and think tanks have fought for more than 100 years in opposition to any single payer system, then 2/
When the lobbyists and think tanks have fought for more than 100 years in opposition to any single payer system, then 2/
You know you're on the right track in advocating for single payer. This attempt by people who have shares in insurance stocks, or think there is any other way to universal coverage isn't based at all I'm reality. Too many people can't get the healthcare they need, because 3/
Of these irrational, and often uninformed opinions about many paths. It's not difficult to say you think healthcare should be a human right. What's difficult is finding the backbone to show you believe it's a human right.
These candidates which presuppose other paths 4/
These candidates which presuppose other paths 4/
Are possible, but they're simply lying to you, or are uninformed themselves. Most of the candidates which say other paths are possible have been shown to get contributions from big pharma, and the health insurance industry, or the AMA. We need to be mindful of how 5/
These contributions affect our politicks. They wouldn't contribute to candidates which they know would hurt their bottom line. And, that's the way with every policy, not just healthcare. It's in this manner which we fight against the corruption, the money which buys 5/
The influence. We won't get anywhere close to universal coverage without first acknowledging how money corrupts politics.
It's time for these people, like @AFLCIO and other unions, to understand that single payer doesn't negate the union building work they've done, 6/
It's time for these people, like @AFLCIO and other unions, to understand that single payer doesn't negate the union building work they've done, 6/
But enhances the work they've already accomplished. Union healthcare was always supposed to be a stepping stone toward single payer, not the endgame.
Don't let these corporate pseudo progressives tell us we can't have nice things. We already know they're not going 7/
Don't let these corporate pseudo progressives tell us we can't have nice things. We already know they're not going 7/
To support any real changes. They passed the PPACA, without allowing debate on Single payer.
We all know that the PPACA, also known as Obamacare, was a horrible law, written to stop any major movements toward universal coverage. We all know it's better than what was 8/
We all know that the PPACA, also known as Obamacare, was a horrible law, written to stop any major movements toward universal coverage. We all know it's better than what was 8/
Before it. That doesn't mean we have to like it. It also doesn't mean we can't push for comprehensive Medicare For All.
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