No matter who gets elected, single-payer healthcare will remain a *longterm objective–no kidding.
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For now, only a small minority of American adults are aware of how socialized medicine works–universally, at lower cost–abroad.
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A pro-single payer POTUS could inject the idea into the mass media, mass consciousness, mass politics. It really is not there yet.
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We need loathing of our costly and iniquitous healthcare system to become as widespread and "commonsensical" as worrying about the deficit.
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Socialized healthcare and criminal justice reform are both going to be generational projects, requiring an alloy of impatience and strategy.
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Wonkish naysayers of single payer healthcare are only one more expression of our short-termist culture of instant gratification.
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@ChMadar It has an impact on HHS appointments, which would have modest but still significant policy impacts.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@samknight1@ChMadar Savvy people understand you should only think one step head, never two or more.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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