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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]i fully supported medicare for all or public option scheme...

these ocare numbers are terrible.

and i wonder what will happen when the employer mandate kicks in.

I definitely believe by 2016, we will see a progressive in the D primaries destroying ocare as a sellout to insurers and pharma and drive for public option, single payer[/quote]

I am a supporter of single payer and supported a public option as part of Obamacare. There are a number of features of Obamacare with which I don't agree. But, the reality is this is the plan we have. If it fails, the alternative is not going to be single payer. I'm not sure what the alternative will be, but it will be even more in the hands of the private sector. Obviously, a failure of Obamacare is a failure of government-led healthcare. That's not the sort of thing that leads to even more government-led healthcare.

If you want single payer, then hope for success of expanded Medicaid. Do your best to let the residents of the states that didn't accept expanded Medicaid know what they are missing out on. And, hope for the overall success of Obamacare in order to dispel the notion that that Government can do anything right.

Also, I'm not sure why you think the numbers are terrible. If 1 million were enrolled in the federal exchange and another million in the state exchanges and 4 million covered under expanded Medicaid, that's six million, which is a pretty good start given the problems early on.  Not only were there technical problems, but a continuous flow of negative stories and active campaigning by Republicans to discourage enrollment. 
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