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pseingatl ◴[] No.12307284[source]
This is precisely why single payer is desperately needed. And proof that Obamacare is a Rube Goldberg machine. I remember listening to a Kentucky senator who said they were gobsmacked that no insurance company signed up in his state. The program is based on wishes, not good practices. Having Justice tinker with antitrust to keep it alive will never work. Insurance companies could give a F about their policy holders, their shareholders and profits are the only ones who count.
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1. parasubvert ◴[] No.12308033[source]
I'd say a public option would be the way to "soft introduce" single payer. Just expand Medicare to anyone who wants it on the exchanges. Once the premiums shake out, "big bloated government" likely will be pretty competitive.

Of course that would require a major shift in the House of Representatives, which probably won't happen until the 2022 election, after electoral maps are redistricted in 2020 post-census, and the rampant gerrymandering might be fixed. And some kind of political cover from the caterwauls sure to emanate from the health insurance industry.