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		maxwell 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Defiant loyalists paid dearly for choosing wrong s... Not at all, they had the votes. The public option was killed by Lieberman. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-art... The ACA was the same market-based approach as the 1993 GOP healthcare plan. Republicans don't want to touch it because it was their idea. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/nov/15/ellen-qual...

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