The failure of Trumpcare might cause you to think that Democrats might use the chaos to push for single-payer health care.

You would be wrong.

It's past time to stop blaming Republicans for the fact that we are the only developed nation without universal health care. The problem is the Democrats.

It isn't just those Dems in the White House.

While a vast majority of Democratic voters want Medicare for all, a majority of Democrats in the House are against it.



Enter the Justice Democrats, a political group founded by former leadership from the Sanders campaign, by Cenk Uygur (Young Turks), and Kyle Kulinski (Secular Talk). Their goal is to rebuild the Democratic Party from scratch and remove corporate-backed members of Congress. Currently, they have a second purpose: keeping track of all the Democrats who are (and aren’t) supporting single-payer. The chart below—their creation—shows every Congressperson who isn’t on board with the Sanders plan. “Medicare for all is backed by 81% of Democratic voters but only 38% of Democrats in the House of Representatives,” said Corbin Trent, the group’s communications director.

Just a couple months ago a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center found that “60% of Americans say the government should be responsible for ensuring health care coverage for all Americans.”