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If Hillary is elected, I would predict that is one of the first things she'd push thru. And the timing is such that it just might make her as popular as FDR's "New Deal" made him in the 30's for many of the same reasons. The masses like it when the government gives them stuff. It's that top 10% of the earners out there that really pick up the tab. Meanwhile if you keep that bottom 50% happy you'll be re-elected.
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this was exactly Mrs Bill Clintons whole platform when he ran the first time. it was not popular with very many people at all. in fact, their agenda shifted to the Republican agenda very quickly when the Republicans took the House and Senate and came up with thier so called "contract with america" promising a balanced budget and other things. Suddenly every priority that was a republican priority became clintons priority and they quickly abandoned the idea of national health care when it became clear it was going nowhere.
So no matter what, as politicians, they are bound by constraints that force them to do the popular thing. "Cradle to Grave" healthcare as Mr Hillary put it, was pretty unpopular.
i really doubt that it could ever happen. there is simply no relevent example on the planet today to prove it could work in the US. there are more arguements against it,... not just the quality of service, wait times etc... but the enevitable taxes that have to come with it to pay for every 14 year old girl with split ends or a broken fingernail to go to the emergency room.