I'd say a public option would be the way to "soft introduce" single payer. Just expand Medicare to anyone who wants it on the exchanges. Once the premiums s

I'd say a public option would be the way to "soft introduce" single payer. Just expand Medicare to anyone who wants it on the exchanges. Once the premiums shake out, "big bloated government" likely will be pretty competitive. Of course that would require a major shift in the House of Representatives, which probably won't happen until the 2022 election, after electoral maps are redistricted in 2020 post-census, and the rampant gerrymandering might be fixed. And some kind of political cover from the caterwauls sure to emanate from the health insurance industry.