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Uhh, he never campaigned for a single payer model.

• aaronbrethorst 7y ago
  Correct! At least not when he was running for the presidency. https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/16/barack-obama/obama-statements-single-payer-have-changed-bit/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul...
• favorited 7y ago
  People forget that his healthcare proposal as a candidate was to the right of Clinton's.
• fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
  In what way is a "public option"[0] not socialised medicine? > In the 2008 Obama-Biden health care plan on the campaign’s website, candidate Obama promised that “any American will have the opportunity to enroll in [a] new public plan.” [0]https://thinkprogress.org/flashback-obama-repeatedly-touted-public-option-before-refusing-to-push-for-it-in-the-final-hours-380cbf31b6e0/ https://thinkprogress.org/flashback-obama-repeatedly-touted-...