To make it even more bizarre, Shumlin has plans to turn Vermont into the only state with single-payer health insurance.
“We had all the momentum going on the single-payer side, and it was really slowed by the Affordable Care Act,” she said.
But those long wait times are not necessarily a by-product of their single-payer system.
In Canada, healthcare is managed with a single-payer system.
Schweitzer is a vocal advocate of a single-payer health care system.
Unfortunately Brill's piece is also inspiring more comment that the only solution is to extend Medicare to all: single-payer.
They would have preferred a Canadian-style single-payer system.
So now we have a decision that (face it, conservatives) hastens the day when this country will have single-payer health care.
After all, there was never even a public option, let alone the single-payer fantasy.
Our organization has for many, many years supported a single-payer system.