Comment on Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing

• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And the only reason we even have the ACA is because the Dems had a filibuster proof majority for a handful of weeks, over a decade ago.

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  • Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Jesus fuck it’s been almost a decade since Obama…

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• dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I live under a rock; what is “single payer”?

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  • xapr@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Single payer is a term generally used to describe government-paid, or socialized medicine. The government is the “payer” of the healthcare. In the absence of private-insurance companies, they would be the single payer. At least that’s how I think of the term.

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