It died with Bernie Sanders, twice.
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Universal Healthcare was a losing platform because it was vilified as being “communism”. It also didn’t sit well with wealthy donors and rich democrats. It also wasn’t part of Biden’s agenda. Obamacare was.
Balogna
What a thoughtful response
Double baloney
They mailed it to Israel.
Every time Democrats bring big ideas, gun control, healthcare, the rabbid Republicans come out in the midterms and vote the Democrats out.
Meanwhile the youth never gets energized enough because they think winning one election is all it should take and if you don't have universal healthcare by March you're a sellout and they'll stop voting.
Real change means voting in EVERY election, starting locally and going up, for decades.
That's what the Republicans have done and they've captchured a bunch of governments and institutions.
heard this my entire life as did my father who was told by his dad
no progress is not won over night, but it has been several lifetimes worth of over nights and the time to shit or get off the pot is now
It seems like there is no need to mention it because the opposition is doing a good job at highlighting it as a democratic point.
Because they were never going to do that shit in the first place. All propaganda and pandering points.
Outside of the US. Always has been.
Saving the democracy is at the front and center. January 6th treason, countless lawsuits for election denial/tampering, Trump found selling national secrets from his bathroom, found guilty for raping, convicted on 34 counts of felony, project 2025 promising end of democracy, and yet Trump getting nominated by GOP - all of this happens in last 3.5 years. Republicans have openly embraced dictatorship since last presidential election.
Actually following up on major efforts like universal healthcare would go a long way to ensuring the Democrats continue to win at the ballot box., since their odds of winning are based entirely on turnout and people are sick of campaign promises being ignored.
this is bullshit. they could easily do both
Boring~
I'm already not voting for the Republicans, but I'd love to have an actual reason to get excited about voting for Democrats.
Learn how a bill becomes law and you will realize why and how important it is to get as many Dems elected as possible.
Last time Dems had trifecta (2021-22) they had 50-50 senate - with 2 asshole republicans disguised as Dems (Sinema and Manchin) who blocked every progressive bills such as election integrity laws, immigration, reproductive rights. Of course that doesn’t absolve actual repubes. In fact not even 10 out of 50 republican senators had balls to stand up for what’s right.
If the Democrats want to get as many votes as possible they should give people more reasons to do so. Now is the best time to introduce a universal healthcare plan, even if it can't pass it provides a PR field day when Republicans reject it.
Sinema and Manchin were doing exactly what party leadership wanted.
I also have massive issues with Sinema and Manchin but you can’t look at their voting record against actual republicans’ and say that with a straight face. Last I looked at it the most agreeable Republican voted with democrats like 25% less frequently than Manchin and Sinema did (been a while so definitely an IIRC situation). The takeaway though was that it doesn’t even compare. Especially given what we’d get out of a WV Republican, which would almost always be a “no” out of spite.
It’s not so much about how they voted. It’s more about how they refused to vote on key bills. Because of their position so many bills couldn’t even come to floor. I distinctly remember while heated debate was underway about student loan forgiveness, immigration, and inflation reduction - those two were running around in Texas with republicans to “find a common bipartisan ground”. Mind you the same republican they were hanging out with had publicly stated that they had no interest in solving problems whatsoever.
They only bring those policies out when they're not in power
Ask Hillary
Hillary got the healthcare law she ran on. No public option and an individual mandate.
You mean “Madam President” Hillary?
That is what was being discussed. Why isn’t Kamala bearing down on healthcare as a campaign issue.
As someone who has spent decades on both Europe and the US, I can firmly say that the US healthcare system is my least favorite thing about the US.