At this point in the shutdown, Democrats need to loudly call for Medicare for All.

[lostincalifornia]

39. You realize it wasn't just the republicans we had to fight for that, but there were Democrats who refused to agree to

single-payer, a public option, yet alone Medicare for all.

The ACA barely passed.

Blanch Lincoln, Nelson in Nebraska, Nelson in Florida, Lieberman, Birch Bayh, and Mark Pryor in Arkansas in the Senate refused to go along with a public option, single payer or Medicare for all at the time the ACA was passed.

Even Vermont, from where Bernie Sanders is from, who is one of the biggest proponents of Medicare for all couldn't pass its single-payer health plan in 2014. The excuse used was the high cost it would entail, and it would cause economic disruption because the proposed funding mechanisms that would be used, payroll and income taxes would not be politically viable according to their Governor at the time, and could not guarantee that the plan wouldn't require even higher taxes due to rising healthcare stocks.

I am just saying, unless ALL Democrats are on board, it is highly unlikely to happen anytime soon.