If you believe that they were the first to think about single payer "health care." You by far, are younger and unimaginative then I thought you were.
In the U.S. the idea arose more than a 150 years ago. It then died off and lay dormant until the progressive era 1908 - 1920. IN the New Deal age, it was again taken out of its casket and paraded around by the left wing.
For the last 60 - 70 years it has been like that wart on your behind. It doesn't hurt all the time, but, you know it's there. And. once in awhile when you
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