McDonald backs single-payer health insurance

by: Jay Stevens

Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 18:32:56 PM MST

US Congressional candidate Dennis McDonald is today announcing his support for a single-payer health care plan. Over 100 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, and when coupled with the high costs of health care it is clear that we can delay no longer in enacting comprehensive health care reform.

There is overwhelming public support for a single payer plan here in America. And as families continue to struggle financially across Montana, providing relief from high health care costs is a priority for McDonald.

One of the complaints (and rightfully so) of single-payer advocates is that single-payer health care is popular among Americans. Well, here's their chance to put that idea to the test: a single-payer candidate.

That position, of course, is in stark contrast to the incumbent, Dennis Rehberg's, who not only opposes any meaningful health care reform, but thinks the health care crisis is limited to about 1 in 50 Americans. (Maybe it is limited to 1 in 50 multi-millionaire real estate developers.)

I'm curious to see Tyler Gernant's reaction to this news. If Germant plays it cool, and doesn't endorse single-payer health care, this could be the big issue in the primary...