Did the Democrats squander the best chance to pass health care they will ever see?

Has that health care yacht sailed for good now and the Democrats were not onboard? The Democrats had both the House and the Senate and failed to come together to pass health care reform. Where does that leave the poor? Are they going to get any more than the basic slivers they have now? Is the uninsured working class and the under insured middle class who would have got more or something going to get anything at all now? Did the Democrats squander the best chance they will ever have in a good long while due to un fighting and political posturing?