We need universial health care. We need it yesterday. Due to the speed of politics, I think we won't get it any faster than 4 years from now. If we and out Democratic elected officials eff this up, it could be decades. I don't think that anyone on this website would argue that the stakes are high on this issue.
The only reason I preferred Obama's plan to Clinton's is that Clinton said something in a debate about enforcing the mandate by garnishing wages (I don't have the exact quote). She made me literally sick to my stomach as she said that because I started imagining the Republicans hammering us with that line during the GE.
I'm gonna work my butt off to get out nominee elected. I'm gonna work my butt off to get my local Dems re-elected, and I'm gonna contribute what I can for Congressional seats that we might be able to flip from red to blue.
And in January, I'm gonna start working my butt off to convince our Democratic president and Congress to do the right thing and get us universal health care.
I think we won't get it any faster than 4 years from now.
I think you vastly overestimate the speed of politics.
Yeah, probably. Maybe we could at least have it signed into law and in progress in 4 years?
start IMMEDIATELY to try to get a healthcare plan passed. Many people are just hanging on, even a year or two is too long. I fully expect demonstrations to begin within a few months if we dont see ACTION, nomatter if a Democrat or Republican gets into office in November. Empty promises wont do it.
I think that with a Democratic president, the process will start immediately. However, this will take a long time to get anything passed. Anything that is a real step forward will probably get some type of court challenge. I'm all for demonstrations on this issue, I just hope they are directed at our opponents instead of allies.
hillary wasn't even going to send her health care proposal to the hill until her 7th year in office. you know, after republicans won more and more seats in congress (just like bill). hillary understood that she had no hope for passing her health care ideas into law. obviously, some of her supporters are a lot more naive than she was...
