To be fair, Obama was pushing for single payer in 2008 (“Medicare for all”) and took it off the table to try to get some Republicans on board. And the Sanders/

To be fair, Obama was pushing for single payer in 2008 (“Medicare for all”) and took it off the table to try to get some Republicans on board. And the Sanders/Warren wing of the party is pushing hard for Medicare for all right now. CA is close to implementing a public option. Hillary Clinton also pushed for healthcare reform while a senator IIRC, and I believe some Republican governors have pushed for sensible reforms too. In general I think cynicism in politicians is not misplaced when there are lobbyists involved, but on this issue I don’t think blame is symmetrically justified. The red team won’t even let Medicare use its volume purchase bargaining power to negotiate cheaper prices.