Calls for single payer grow louder at anti-Trumpcare protests

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Source: Think Progress

Single payer!” proved to be a rallying cry for demonstrators at an anti-Trumpcare protest on Capitol Hill this Wednesday, suggesting that a growing number of progressive activists want to go farther than simply preserving the Affordable Care Act. As high-profile Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) made passionate speeches about the benefits of the ACA, some protesters responded with calls for a universal health care system.


This is a demand Democrats have heard in town halls and protests all over the country, and the message appears to be getting through. Democratic leaders and party strategists told the New York Times earlier this month that the party is shifting left on health care, and that the 2020 presidential nominee will probably back a “broader version” of coverage than any previous nominee.

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/capitol-protest-health-care-25db21338ffd

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[Hieronymus]

1. Good, this mess is leading to single payer.

[ProfessorPlum]

2. about damn time

wake up, people. Single payer is the way

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. Why do we have to drag Dem representatives kicking and screaming?

"shifting left"? How about shifting to the center. Join the rest of the modern democratic world, who pay less for universal cradle to grave healthcare.
Democrats have for too long acted like frightened wusses. They are so afraid of Fox News etc... that leading candidates say things like "Its not going to happen". Time to stand up for something you will no doubt be blasted on relentlessly by Fox and friends on other networks. Because eventually, if you keep talking about it in inevitable terms, in positive ways, the populace, at least enough of them, will come around.