Healthcare Questions I'd Like Liberals to Discuss

Once again, I ask, is Kevin Drum right?

Will a state-run, single payer system really cost $400 billion dollars?

How would CA afford that when Prop. 98 mandates that 40% of our state budget go to K-12 schools?

And what about federal waivers?

What are the chances the Trump administration would sign off on them??

I'm all for single-payer, but is a state-run system really the best way to go, or would we be better served if it were federally implemented?

I understand that the California Nurses Association is behind SB562, but given these factors, why?

And why does this seem like yet another litmus test for being a "true" Democrat?

The End of Healthcare as We Know It

Could Drum be right?

Is this the end of the PP & ACA (AKA "Obamacare")??

DRUM (6/23/17):  "This is it. There's a week left. Lefties need to generate some new opposition to the bill that wavering senators are actually afraid of. Any ideas?"

A week? No sweat - plenty of time!! Now. Who's got some ideas?

And no, Johnny Depp, we're not asking you...    

Lock Him Up!

It's probably just me, but does the wishful thinking embodied by the "Lock him up" mentality routinely displayed by "progressives" in media belie the fact that we aren't capable of winning anymore?

Has a punitive mindset replaced our politics?

It might be instructive to remember that after Watergate, Dems barely squeaked out a presidential victory in '75 then were resoundingly defeated in the next THREE election cycles (1979-1991).

Sanders is right. In order to win, Dems need to appeal to moderates by taking on "the powerful corporate interests that dominate the economic and political life of the country," but let's not forget the powerful corporate interests that dominate our "journalistic" life in this country.

While the thrill of the chase is exciting (and good for ratings/clicks/etc), it shouldn't replace good policy/politics.

The 7 B's

I had to call a parent today to ask if we could edit her message to her daughter that she wanted printed in the 5th grade yearbook.  She wanted her daughter to, "Remember the 7 B's - Books before boys because boys bring babies."

I suggested we go with just the first 3 B's. :)