[dragonwriter]

> we still couldn't even see a single payer proposal make it to the floor for a vote.

> Not only did we not get the healthcare that we voted for

Three of the Democratic candidates in that election campaigned on something very similar to what the ACA delivered, including both of the top two -- Clinton and Obama.

None of them campaigned on single payer, so its not surprising that what was delivered looked like what was successfully campaigned on. Inasmuch as anything can be said to be the "healthcare we voted for", the ACA is more like that than single-payer would have been.