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by halostatue 5195 days ago
Zero, seeing has AHCA doesn't provide universal health care either (but it's a baby step in the right direction).

According to what I understand, the U.S. has had three chances at something approaching universal healthcare—in the late 60s/early 70s around the same time that Canada was dancing around the same question; in the 90s under Clinton; and under Obama. Given that it took about fifty years after Canada[1] to even get this passed…it will likely be a long time before anything rational gets passed.

[1] Per Wikipedia, the Federal framework for jointly-funded universal healthcare in Canada was passed in 1966 under Pearson, and it was strengthened in 1984. OHIP was first created (as OMSIP) in 1966, reinvented in 1969 (as OHSIP), and finally renamed in 1972 to OHIP.