'If you're starting from scratch,' he says, 'then a single-payer system'-a government-managed system like Canada's, which disconnects health insurance from employment-'would probably make sense. But we've got all these legacy systems in place, and managing the transition, as well as adjusting the culture to a different system, would be difficult to pull off. So we may need a system that's not so disruptive that people feel like suddenly what they've known for most of their lives is thrown by the wayside.'
http://www.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/01/05/fact_check_obama_consistent_in.phpAs a
very strong Obama supporter in the primaries, I regularly said he was wrong on single payer. He should go for it, I said. A whole lot of us said it. But HE didn't say it. He is not betraying anyone, least of all himself. I also favor legalizing marijuana, but HE never said he did. Why be outraged when he does exactly what he said he would do or doesn't do what he never said he would do? What is the fucking point of all this?
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