NY Times: The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care. June 04, 2017 by Garret Vreeland in Politics, Health, Economics In a sign of shifting sympathies, most House Democrats have now endorsed a single-payer proposal. Party strategists say they expect that the 2020 presidential nominee will embrace a broader version of public health coverage than any Democratic standard-bearer has in decades.Bernie told you so.