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> From: Don McCanne <don at mccanne.org>
> To: Quote-of-the-Day <quote-of-the-day at mccanne.org>
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> The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs ResearchJuly 13-17,
> 2017
> Americans’ Views on Replacing the ACA
> Q44. Is it the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that
> all Americans have health care coverage, or not?
> March 201752%  Yes, a federal government responsibility47%  No, not a
> federal government responsibility
> July 201762%  Yes, a federal government responsibility37%  No, not a
> federal government responsibility
> http://apnorc.org/PDFs/July%202017%20Health%20Care/July%20Omnibus%20Topline_FINAL.pdf
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> Comment by Don McCanne
> In only four months support of the view that it is the responsibility of
> the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care
> coverage has gone from a 5 percentage point spread to a 25 point spread.
> The Republicans want to take credit for health care reform, and they
> actually may be able to take credit for this shift in opinion, even though
> it is in the opposite direction of their passionate support for further
> privatization of health care financing.
> The years of unrelenting criticism of Obamacare by the Republicans along
> with the recognition that too many people are facing problems with
> affordability and access led to the concerns about the adequacy of the
> Affordable Care Act. In calling for repeal, the Republicans promised that
> they would replace Obamacare with a much better program, presumably
> bringing improved access at lower costs.
> But then what happened this year now that Republicans have control of the
> House, Senate and the White house and can act on their promises? They
> tried
> to hide their actual policy positions behind closed doors shielded with
> false rhetoric. They were exposed when it became clear to all that their
> bucket of promises was empty.
> It took only four months for Americans to realize that Bernie Sanders and
> all of the other Medicare-for-all advocates were right. The private sector
> can’t deliver, and the Republicans proved it. We need the federal
> government to take the responsibility of seeing that all Americans have
> health care.
> It is our job to make sure that this American epiphany does not fade.
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> Links:
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> http://apnorc.org/PDFs/July%202017%20Health%20Care/July%20Omnibus%20Topline_FINAL.pdf
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