Watch an expert teach a smug U.S. senator about Canadian healthcare | Los Angeles Times

This is how you take down someone's ignorance and stupidity:

"BURR: On average, how many Canadian patients on a waiting list die each year? Do you know?
MARTIN: I don’t, sir, but I know that there are 45,000 in America who die waiting because they don’t have insurance at all."

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."

Be careful SCOTUS. The Affordable Care Act is like Obi-wan Kenobi:

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."

Why? Because if you can't devise a regulated, free market solution for a public good that comprises one-sixth of the American economy, the only available alternative becomes a Single-Payer "Medicare for All" plan.

Gail Collins of The New York Times agrees:

"It was basically a Republican idea to begin with, and look what happened. If this is thrown out in court, compromise will never get any traction again. Single payer! Single payer! Maybe you could have wooed me into the middle a few years ago, but no more. No more. Next time around we stop talking about complicated reforms and just go with Medicare for everybody."

Why not national single payer now?

Great question. The Incidental Economist explains it has more to do with politics than health care or policy.

Single payer resources - The Incidental Economist

The Incidental Economist blog posts some great sources of information on what a single-payer healthcare system would actually cost. It's worth checking out if you're curious as to whether or not a single-payer healthcare model would solve the nation's deficit problems. Chances are it will, but don't tell any Republicans because they're conditioned to ignore that fact.

Vermont Senate approves single-payer plan

WOOHOO!!!!!