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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/10/establishment-democrats-progressive-medicare-1052215
Unfortunate but expected; can't say that this at all came as a surprise.
I can only hope that progressives in the party push back against their establishment, insurer bought colleagues given the popularity of this core platform measure, particularly given that Medicare for All is currently polling at ~70% (https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-ame...blicans-say-the-support-medicare-for-all-poll | https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-progressives/ ).
The united front that helped Democrats save Obamacare just a year ago is falling apart over single-payer health care.
Deep-pocketed hospital, insurance and other lobbies are plotting to crush progressives’ hopes of expanding the government's role in health care once they take control of the House. The private-sector interests, backed in some cases by key Obama administration and Hillary Clinton campaign alumni, are now focused on beating back another prospective health care overhaul, including plans that would allow people under 65 to buy into Medicare.
This sets up a potentially brutal battle between establishment Democrats who want to preserve Obamacare and a new wave of progressive House Democrats who ran on single-payer health care.
Unfortunate but expected; can't say that this at all came as a surprise.
I can only hope that progressives in the party push back against their establishment, insurer bought colleagues given the popularity of this core platform measure, particularly given that Medicare for All is currently polling at ~70% (https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-ame...blicans-say-the-support-medicare-for-all-poll | https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-progressives/ ).