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Trumplestiltskin9 2 points ago +2 / -0

This actually isn't true (they are on the same team, but...)

Democrats desperately tried to get what was then called the "public option" where the government provided an "insurance" (read: taxpayer-paid) plan under obamacare. It was blocked because Lieberman, an independent who caucassed with the Democrats, refused to back it. They actually only had 59 votes without him.

"Medicare for All" wasn't a common term back them. It was fashioned and foisted upon us by the media complex when Obamacare was revealed to be a consistent, massive failure around 2014.

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Dictator_Bob 2 points ago +2 / -0

media complex

Thank you for saying this. If I hear MSM out of people that should know better for much longer I'm gonna start flipping tables. Nothing "main stream" about ATT's product CNN. Nothing "main stream" about cartels trying to decentralize the internet under their total control.

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BeerAndCope 2 points ago +2 / -0

The public option is what Biden says he wants. It’s not universal healthcare.

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BigPanda71 1 point ago +1 / -0

They actually pitched the public option as more or less the government running an insurance plan without actually using taxpayer dollars (the whole thing would be paid for by the premiums). We all knew it was bullshit and they would eventually use tax money to fund it, but they did their best to try and lie their way into making it happen.