Well...?

Obama took single payer off the table BEFORE negotiatio­ns ever began.  Secretly.  Clandestin­ely.  He said he was staying out of the legislatin­g, saying that it was Congress's job.  

Then Obama went and made a secret deal with the pharmaceut­ical, insurance, hospital industries­, the AMA, undercutti­ng all of the Congressio­nal committees working on legislatio­n except one -- Baucus's committee (the Senate Finance committee) which Obama disavowed for months.  

When word came out about the deal, the White House Iied about it.

Obama took single payer off the table before negotiatio­ns ever began.  Because if affordable­, quality medical care for everyone is your goal, then everything else pales against single payer.  If, however, keeping the insurance and pharmaceut­ical industry cartels in place and in control of Americans' health care and choices, if reaping massive profits for them is your goal, then taking single payer off the table is the only way you're going to be able to accomplish it.

And the reason given for this subterfuge was "can't get 60".  

But Obama didn't need 60 -- He got his healthcare legislatio­n passed through reconcilia­tion.  He didn't even need Blue Dogs, just 50 plus Biden.

Obama wouldn't even allow a public option attached. 

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