Donald Trump predicting Red Wave!!

[Aegon]

For the record, I don't support single payer. It wouldn't work here. A secondary public option that can cover everybody in addition to private health care would be the most effective IMO.

You should. We have the secondary public system here in Ireland and all it is is a system to allow the private insurers and hospitals to dump the hard cases and the patients they botch onto the public purse.

It ensures the ensurers and private hospitals (most owned by the rcc) gain all of the profits, while the state has to pay all of the costs.

More than half of Americans have private, employer-based insurance. And after Obama's big "you can keep your doctor" fumble, it's just not feasible. Trust in government is too low. A two-tier system should be implemented and only then do I think Americans may warm up to single payer. It will take decades.