single payer healthcare was not a mainstream political opinion in the USA 30 years ago.
The American Association of Labor Legislation (AALL) was pitched all the way back in 1916. FDR pushed the Wagner Bill, National Health Act of 1939 which became the Wagner-Murray- Dingell Bill of 1943. Truman then pitched a plan in 1945 which he continued to lobby for into the 1948 election. Finally, LBJ managed to pass Medicare in 1965, a universal plan specific to the elderly.
This has been a mainstream proposal for over a century.
The American Association of Labor Legislation (AALL) was pitched all the way back in 1916. FDR pushed the Wagner Bill, National Health Act of 1939 which became the Wagner-Murray- Dingell Bill of 1943. Truman then pitched a plan in 1945 which he continued to lobby for into the 1948 election. Finally, LBJ managed to pass Medicare in 1965, a universal plan specific to the elderly.
This has been a mainstream proposal for over a century.