Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer let the world know this morning on ABC’s “This Week” that Democrats are open to the idea of a single payer healthcare system.
.@SenSchumer to @ThisWeekABC: "We're going to look at broader things. Single-payer is one of them." pic.twitter.com/aimB3zfVfM
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 23, 2017
You may be wondering why this is even a headline. That’s a good question. But apparently it is.
Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats are open to single-payer health care https://t.co/7Ri2jkohw4 pic.twitter.com/IuoOsxAUM1
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) July 23, 2017
Chuck Schumer: "Single-payer is on the table" for Democrats https://t.co/5YYtDsjMHt pic.twitter.com/SDF0GBlxL2
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 23, 2017
Chuck Schumer says single-payer health care is “on the table” for Democrats https://t.co/ZLDOQA53FJ
— Salon (@Salon) July 23, 2017
So do we have it established, once and for all, that Democrats are in love with the idea of a single payer healthcare system?
No way. https://t.co/ZKgvHOMTld
— Aaron Bandler (@bandlersbanter) July 23, 2017
In other news, water is wet… https://t.co/bm9hoefU3I
— By His Grace (@USInGodWeTrust) July 23, 2017
Shocking, I know. ? https://t.co/LAIIuUbn3t
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) July 23, 2017
Well of course it is #CaptainObvious It always has been the goal from the beginning. #SinglePayer will be the #KissOfDeath for #Healthcare https://t.co/59Hc9UqVof
— Austere Curator of Media Malfunction (@rreactor) July 23, 2017
Is anybody at all even remotely surprised? https://t.co/1y2peDPKRe
— Mark Ross (@markrossTN) July 23, 2017
If people are surprised by this, they really haven’t been paying attention for most of the past decade.
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