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On the Health bill that passed... why did the Democrats compromise with Republicans even though only 1 Republican voted for the bill? What's the point of compromising then?

Asked by Kraigmo (9055points) November 8th, 2009

The recent health care bill, passed last night in Congress, makes several key concessions to the Republicans (AKA Insurance Companies), such as the watering down of the public option, restrictions on abortion, and other compromises.

Why did they bother “working with” Republicans at all, if all they got was 1 Republican vote? It seems to me, since they did not need actual Republicans to vote with them, why didn’t they just do America good, ram single-payer healthcare through and get it over with?

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