The bill didn't start from single payer - it started as offering a public option, which would co-exist with existing private plans, which would theoretically be available to all citizens as an option.
The United States attempted implementing a single-payer system during the FDR Administration, which fizzled before it left the white house, and then again during the LBJ Administration, which was cut down to what we now call Medicare/Medicaid via the Social Security Act of 1965.
which just goes to show you that dems don't know how to negotiate. You never start off with a compromise, you start off with something you have no hope of getting and slowly get down to the compromise position.
The United States attempted implementing a single-payer system during the FDR Administration, which fizzled before it left the white house, and then again during the LBJ Administration, which was cut down to what we now call Medicare/Medicaid via the Social Security Act of 1965.