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that the American people wouldn't accept [single payer] if it were just legislated on 'em, but if they end up demanding it out of a mess like this, that's what they're gunning for.

I'm taking the contrary view. If those who crafted Obamacare thought it difficult for people to accept single-payer if it was legislated directly, the failure of Obamacare will make that task even harder.

As the adage goes, "Once burned, twice shy." Most people liked the health care they were already getting, and I don't think they'll take kindly to single-payer knowing it's coming from the same people who promised wondrous things out of Obamacare that turned out to be crap.

To make single-payer easier to accept, the creators of Obamacare needed it to be a success so they could then proclaim, "If you think this is good, you'll like what we've planned for you even more."

...difficult for people to accept single-payer if it was legislated directly, the failure of Obamacare will make that task even harder.

I agree with those who predict that the regime and media will blame the failure of 0bamaoCare upon the insurance companies.

The demonization of insurance companies in particular, and of business in general in the eyes of the suffering sheeple will be complete, making it easy to impose Single Payer upon us.

I’m of the mind that once this is proven a failure (probably by the end of 2014)...you just won’t be able to find many Americans trusting some political figure talking up the next solution plan of moving onto the single-payer deal.

It’s kinda like buying a Lemon Chrysler...spending six months arguing with the dealer over getting your money back. Once you get the solution resolved...you will walk out the frontdoor and never buy another Chrysler ever again in your life. The suggestion that folks would be talked into sliding into single-payer....isn’t realistic.

I’d also suggest that this administration is now stuck with no real accomplishments for eight years....if this legacy item is noted as “doomed” by the American public. You’d have to go back to the 1800s to find some some President with eight years of activity, and nothing noteworthy to talk about.

Finally, for those in the journalistic profession...your lack of investigative journalism and hype on cheerleading activities are apparent. Why would I waste a buck on a New York Times, or spend thirty minutes watching ABC Nightly News? I’d get more investigative journalism out of the Bolivian national newspapers...than the Washington Post. We might as well pipe in French national news and replace CNN’s ‘puff’ pieces.