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Their bill, as theyve designed it now, in its most optimistic form, would leave another 15 million, 20 million people without any insurance at all, and so all those same sob stories will exist after this bill takes full effect. so it seems like they couldnt really embrace the morality argument because in their moral choice, they were leaving out about half the people. >> yeah. they should have started with single payer. i mean, even if they werent going to get it, it is what most other western d...

Going to get it, it is what most other western democracies have. its the one program that makes sense, but, okay, we live in a country that doesnt make sense. but at least start with that. during the campaign, obama said, if we were starting from scratch, single payer would make sense. well, then, lets start from scratch. that is kind of where we are in this country right now. and if they had started from that, then the fallback compromise position would have at least been the public option. but...

Scratch, single payer would make sense. well, then, lets start from scratch. that is kind of where we are in this country right now. and if they had started from that, then the fallback compromise position would have at least been the public option. but they didnt even start with the public option. he didnt even defend that. so what you have here is probably more of a republican plan than the one that was on the table in 93 that the republicans were defending. >> bill maher, right again. that wa...