Carrol Cox wrote:
>I've never worked in any health-care organizing, and thus am not sure as
>to how this plays out. But in general it is a fatal mistake in mass
>campaigns to write compromises or 'practicalities' into one's demands.
>And allowing private alternatives to a public system is certainly a
>major compromise. "Single Payer" (in contrast to nationalized health
>care) is itself a major compromise of course, but in the u.s. context
>does not have the 'feel' of a compromise, and hence is probably a
>reasonable demand.
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I didn't mean to write in to anything. I just meant to say that it will
happen.
Joanna
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