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Passing any change in the US healthcare system requires consensus across the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch, so it is by no means a one-person job.
by dbbk 6y ago
Passing any change in the US healthcare system requires consensus across the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch, so it is by no means a one-person job.
Bernie favoured the radical overhaul it frankly needs. But if you can't get that, any progress is still progress.
- sio8ohPi 6y agoCalifornia has a Democratic governor and Democratic super-majorities in both the state assembly and senate. Even with total control in the state, they won't go after something as uniformly reviled as balance billing: https://stateofreform.com/news/california/2019/07/californias-surprise-billing-legislation-stalled-for-the-year/ https://stateofreform.com/news/california/2019/07/california... Why expect more progress at the federal level? Healthcare for the Democrats is like guns for Republicans. It's too useful as a wedge issue they can use to scare voters to the polls. They're more interested in yelling about what the other side will than passing the legislation they promise.
- kaesar14 6y agoI couldn't agree with this more. Healthcare costs have increased unabated since the passage of the ACA. Make all the noise you want about Republicans attacking the bill at lower levels of government, it's ultimately the Democrats who didn't pass a public option, and more damningly, it's the Democrats who wouldn't pass Medicare for All. There's no interest in actually solving the issue when they make so much money off the system as it exists.