Looking for a place to draw a line in the sand with President Trump, Democrats cited cuts to Medicaid and subsidies to the Affordable Care Act as their reason for blocking a continuing resolution to fund the government for more than a month. Now that the stalemate has ended without a clear resolution for the ACA, Democratic leaders need to finally champion a national health insurance plan for everyone.

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Ever since Harry Truman’s national health insurance system bill died in Congress almost 80 years ago, thinking among Democratic leaders was that universal health insurance plans (e.g. single-payer or a public option) were political kryptonite. Government programs for special populations like the old (Medicare), or the poor (Medicaid) were okay, but somethi

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