NOTE: This is a follow-up to bsmoothmd's important diary here at DKos last week.
By Chris Kromm
Facing South
Congressional Democrats quickly took proposals for a single-payer system off the table this year, claiming it was "unrealistic."
But more than 9 million people in the U.S. have already signed on to a single-payer system that's proved both workable and popular: TRICARE, the Department of Defense's program for active-duty military and retirees.
Even more interesting: According to a Facing South analysis, nearly half of TRICARE beneficiaries live in the South -- states where Congressional leadership has been most vocal in opposing public involvement in health care.
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