Friday, March 17, 2017

Russell Mokhiber — Manchin Says He’s Studying Canadian Style Single Payer

Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) is looking at a Canadian style single payer system.
It’s the second time in a month that Manchin has told constituents that he’s looking at a Medicare for all system to replace an unraveling Obamneycare.…
HR 676 – the single payer bill in the House – has 65 co-sponsors. No Senator has introduced a similar bill in the Senate.
And by their reactions to single payer questions, the majority in the room wanted Manchin to sponsor a single payer bill in the Senate....
Counterpunch
Manchin Says He’s Studying Canadian Style Single Payer
Russell Mokhiber | editor of the Corporate Crime Reporter

1 comment:

lastgreek said...

Wow! That was one helluva a town hall meeting.

Thought this was very clever from the last questioner :)

The last questioner told Manchin that he should take some of the money he has taken from the pharmaceutical industry and “build us a long-term opiate treatment facility in Martinsburg.”

“We need some of that money you got from the pharmaceutical industry and build us a long term treatment facility,” the man said, who identified himself as a heroin survivor. “Write the check right now and build us a rehab facility. We know you’ve got the money. You took it from the pharmaceutical industry.”


PS: Had no idea the US Coast Guard was the 7th-largest fleet in the world. Obviously your defense budget is still too small ;) (in another counterpunch article today)