Re: Absolutely delighted
The Oregon plan was an HMO with the government paying a good share, not all, of the premiums.
The health care was to be provided by the existing infrastructure. It was not "socialized medicine". (Which wouldn't be that bad, by the way.)
And it seems to have been voted down because voters tend to vote their pocketbooks. And, according to folks there, because no one with money was funding an ad campaign to counter the massive campaign against it.
Conservative, by the way, campaign. Theme - "Screw the poor - who needs 'em?"
Arf (look at the actions, not the words.)