> We're going to get to single payer long before I ever expected to.

I think you're right, but I think it will take a pair of full pendulum swings:

1. The GOP gets its way, and trashes the ACA more than it already has.

Followed by:

2. A huge backlash, including "middle America" who finally realize they shouldn't vote for the people most interested in cutting the programs they actually depend on.

I just worry the gap in time between #1 and #2 will be drawn-out, painful and; to some; deadly.