which had majority support among the citizens, until people's attention was diverted with the PO.

So much for listening to all ideas!

Doctors Challenge Exclusion of Single-Payer from Health Care Debate
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Doctors-C...


"Frontline Edits Out Single-Payer
Documentary misrepresented advocates as supporters of a public option

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4066

4/23/10

"Silencing supporters of single-payer, or Medicare for All, is a media staple, but PBS's Frontline found a new way to do that on the April 13 special Obama's Deal--by selectively editing an interview with a single-payer advocate and footage of single-payer protesters to make them appear to be activists for a public option instead.

The public option proposal would have offered a government-run health insurance program to some individuals as an alternative to mandatory private health insurance. Not only is this not the same thing as Medicare for All, it's an idea many single-payer advocates actually opposed, arguing that it would leave the insurance industry intact as dominant players in the healthcare business (PNHP.org, 7/20/09)..."