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Also, as a sidebar here - even upfront assuming 2020 results in a Democratic Senate with 50-51 seats, I severely doubt the votes for single-payer exist. It almost certainly could not pass until 2022 at the earliest in the ultimate best case optimist scenario where you see gains in the midterm against historical patterns (I mean it is a friendly map but still!)

Public option there very well could be. It passed a less-democratic House under Pelosi during the ACA debate and I think the votes could be whipped in the Senate. I also assume the GOP will not help and you'll need to force it with reconciliation or the removal of the filibuster (which itself would requiring flipping a few Democratic Senators who say now they would not support such action. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it, but this could be an added challenge which is so dumb) so GOP sabotage *shouldn't* be a concern - except perhaps ironically under Biden if you take his reach-across-the-aisle talk as legit and he makes the exact same error Obama did with the ACA and water it down for nothing. It should be worked on with the understanding you're not getting Republican support and so ignore their poison pills on it.

Obviously if the Republicans hold the Senate in 2020 then nothing happens.
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