On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:37 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
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> One point of contention: If we suppose ourselves to be engaged in a
>> long-term struggle we're not going to win any time soon, why should it be
>> for single-payer rather than a national health service? Presumably most of
>> us actually want the latter and would consider it far preferable to the
>> former, no?
>>
>
> Yeah, but single payer could actually happen. It's much less disruptive
> than a total overhaul - you could get docs & hospitals on board. And
> everyone hates insurance companies, so by the old rule that you always need
> an enemy in politics, there's a perfect one right there.
>
> Doug
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