Single-payer health care seems to gain traction

In the current milieu of Republicans trying to replace the Affordable Care Act with a variety of options that will lead to more uninsured, The Washington Post reports that Democrats are increasingly supportive of a single-payer option. We recently saw news of the California Senate approving of single-payer health care, but this article reports that the current White House spokesperson claimed that a majority of House Democrats support single-payer health care. If true, this represents a significant shift from attitudes when the Affordable Care Act passed.

The political landscape seems rather confusing given the two parties trying to pull in opposite directions, and with increasingly pessimistic news about the status quo.