Here’s a simple rule for single payer advocates – don’t trust the Democrats.

Even those that say they support single payer, when push comes to shove, they won’t.

They’ll put the needs of the Democratic Party ahead of the needs of the American people.

Take the case of Robert Kuttner.

Kuttner is a Democratic Party liberal.

It’s in the second paragraph of this book.

And it jumps out at you.

“I avoid the heartbreaking stories of human suffering because they do not work.”

There is so much human suffering.

More than 45,000 Americans who die every year from lack of health care.