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**lungumnentibe** · 01-27-2006, 04:41 AM

I think health care should be their main issue. Hard core conservatives are against universal health coverage but most people I talk to on a day to day basis outside of political discussion boards seem to want it.

You're right, but Democrats can't agree on a program. Americans want universal health care, but it has to be a better deal for them than their current health care. Single payer won't sell, neither will Hillarycare. Which means Democrats need some new ideas. Pay or play might work, that's what Japan uses. Subsidizing insurance or expanding Medicaid to cover the lower middle class might also work. But anything that requires the middle class to pay more for what they already get is going to fall flat.

01-27-2006, 04:41 AM	#30
lungumnentibe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 487 Senior Member	I think health care should be their main issue. Hard core conservatives are against universal health coverage but most people I talk to on a day to day basis outside of political discussion boards seem to want it. You're right, but Democrats can't agree on a program. Americans want universal health care, but it has to be a better deal for them than their current health care. Single payer won't sell, neither will Hillarycare. Which means Democrats need some new ideas. Pay or play might work, that's what Japan uses. Subsidizing insurance or expanding Medicaid to cover the lower middle class might also work. But anything that requires the middle class to pay more for what they already get is going to fall flat.
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