My personal guess is that *if* Dems hold the House, take the White House and retake the Senate, the best healthcare bill we're likely to see passed/signed before 2024 will be:
--If they kill the filibuster: ACA 2.0 + Public Option
--If they don't kill the filibuster: ACA 2.0 only
--If they kill the filibuster: ACA 2.0 + Public Option
--If they don't kill the filibuster: ACA 2.0 only
...either of which would still be a MASSIVE improvement over current status quo.
That doesn't mean I have a problem with pushing for #M4All or for #Med4America (as I'm doing). What to push for, what to settle for and what will actually get passed/signed are separate questions.
That doesn't mean I have a problem with pushing for #M4All or for #Med4America (as I'm doing). What to push for, what to settle for and what will actually get passed/signed are separate questions.
Obama basically campaigned on "ACA 2.0 + Public Option", was willing to accept "ACA 2.0 only" after Lieberman screwed us, but *signed* "ACA 1.0" after Kennedy died & Scott Brown won his seat, leaving the weaker Senate version as the only option left.
And then, of course, SCOTUS made Medicaid expansion optional for the states, so we effectively have ACA 0.8 really...
