> "Single payer" is not off the table, Dean told us in answer to a
> question, it's in the plan, by which he means the public option. He
> got there by saying, well, people over 65 are in a single-payer plan,
> it's called Medicare. So if we let anyone who wants to buy into a
> Medicare-like public plan, then they're in a single-payer system,
> too. You see, it's all about consumer choice. If you like your
> private insurance you can keep it, if you want 'single payer' you can
> get that. So 'single payer' is now an individual insurance option you
> purchase. *Gag*.
Brilliant verbal gymnastics on Dean's part. Wait a few more weeks and announce that everyone is already on single payer, because most people only buy one insurance plan anyway...
-- Billy O'Connor