In all his 38 years in politics, Biden was never referred to as a centrist / moderate until this election, where extreme Bernie Sanders was present. He’s always been considered a liberal.
Hillary was always far-left, going back to the 1990s.
Lol Hillary “far left”. Her healthcare plan didn’t even involve a public option. She’s always been a milquetoast liberal following the political coattails of Bill Clinton.
You talking about her 1990s health care plan? There wasn’t a public option ala Canada, but there were several liberal proposals - an employer mandate, government guarantee of minimum level of benefits, fixed amount of public funds for insurance companies for every person enrolled in their plans, and the regional alliances that would comprehensively regulate insurance quality etc.
Basically private insurance with massive government supervision.
Canada isn’t a public option, it’s essentially straight up a government system like the NHS. The only difference between a National Health Insurance Model and a full national model is that de Jure technically everything is still run run by companies, but de facto all profit they make and payment they give must come from government sources. So it’s essentially the government zombifying and taking over all the corporations into use their skeletal framework. Canada actually has one of the most radical healthcare systems in the West. It even bans all private hospitals.
The problem with the 90s plan was it “Aimee” for universal “affordability” instead of full universal coverage, which is a tricky turn a phrase that would’ve allowed the Dems to completely hollow out their proposals but still “accomplish” their promise. I’m entirely sure that if it ever looked like it has any real chance of passing, it would find itself with the same type of expeditions the recent COVID relief bill did.
