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[โ€“] Carl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I mean that's a public option, right? Passing it would have made Mayo Pete a more consequential president than Obama.

I mean that's a public option, right?

Oh, you got me there.

"We make sure that everybody can afford [public health insurance], but we don't require you to take it. And partly I think that's just the right policy, because I think people should be able to choose," Pete Buttigieg said.

Every time a dem offers up a "choice" - it's a choice between bad and worse.

Passing it

In some alternate universe he became president and he did pass Petecare. I'm sure it was a huge hit - with the healthcare industry.