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Progressive Democrats of America Blog: Single Payer Advocates Crash Wyden Meeting

  • G. Gibson · 6 months ago
    I agree, I think Sen. Wyden is wrong not to support/push Single Payer. Further, I think Sen. Max Baucus is just corrupt and find the hearings a grand display of 'pay to play'. Sen. Baucus seems to only want to hear from the wealthiest pimps in the room. Completely unacceptable.

    I think our economy needs the savings a system running a 4% to 6% overhead (public) can yield, rather than a 35% to 50%(?) overhead as a private bureaucracy offers. We need these savings to get and stay competitive in global markets, and we'll need to funnel a portion of those savings into a green infrastructure and economy overall.
  • Tom McDonald · 6 months ago
    It's obvious that lobby money is getting candidates that I once thought were fairly progressive. Most disturbing is the recent TV spot thanking Wyden and Merkley for their support on health care. It is paid for by the Pharmaucetical Research Manufacturer's Association. In other words, thank you for not supporting a single payer plan.
  • linda · 6 months ago
    “A majority of the people who attended the Wyden town hall meeting support single payer and many thanked us for our silent protest,” said Kauffman. “Wyden parroted the insurance industry line that we need a ‘uniquely American’ approach to healthcare. At that point a member of the audience said — ‘I think we already have a uniquely American system. It doesn’t work.’”