No, I am diametrically opposed to that. But it is true the Heritage Foundation or one them, came out with just such a proposal in the late 1990’s and the Republican Party really was not against it.
Maybe that explains why the leadership keeps dragging their feet about doing anything on Obamacare, they and Democrats eventually want a single-payor system regardless of what we the voters want.
So ONE Heritage paper made some suggestion, and now we can say Republicans have supported single payer? That’s a ridiculous argument. In all the think tanks out there, I’m sure all kinds of crazy suggestions have been made, but that doesn’t make it logical to say, “The Republican Party believed... XYZ.” Can someone say the Republican Party “has supported the legalization of marijuana.” because one governor did. (Gary Johnson) Can you say, “the Republican Pary supported abolishing the death penalty,” because Governor Ryan put a moratorium on it?