It is a big part of the reason why the right is suddenly shouting about "communism" people are seriously starting to question why they don't have the same healthcare access that members of Congress have.
But never forget that the insurance industry was spending 6 million dollars A DAY pushing stories like death panels during the Obamacare hearings in Congress. They are scared.
Or why we don’t have the same healthcare access as the rest of the industrialized world. Our mortality rate is declining. Everywhere else it’s improving.
That is definitely true, but I prefer to talk about the fact that a small group of Americans have something that they are telling us that is "socialism" if the rest of us want it. But "not socialism" when they have it.
As a Canadian that has lived in the US for many years now how misunderstood universal healthcare is in this country still shocks me. Mainly that people don't understand that they wouldn't be paying twice. Like if there is a new tax then you would be making more because the actual raise in your compensation wouldn't be going to healthcare every year. Or that even conservative think tanks admit it would save Americans money.
As a Canadian who has never lived in the US I've never understood how it's ever been anything other than a slam dunk winning political issue. Like I understand there's a lot of propaganda propping up a for profit healthcare system. I just don't get how the public never caught on.
Like they're the only developed country without universal healthcare. But yet also somehow spend more on healthcare per capita than any country. And it's not particularly close. They literally spend way more money than they should to subsidize a predatory for profit healthcare system instead of saving money and just making a normal universal healthcare system.
Meanwhile regular Americans are fine paying Deductibles and co-pays, losing basic coverage anytime they leave their job, spending thousands on premiums just to get rejected by their provider when they need it because of pre-existing conditions or whatever. I really don't understand how replacing that with the system every other developed nation has isn't a slam dunk political winner.
Another Canadian, I think the answer is that the general public in the US has very little influence on policy relative to the influence of the wealthy and powerful corporations.
Here is a news story about a 2014 poly sci study measuring the influence of various groups on the US government.
it should have always been. maybe the title should say, "americian voters finally waking up to realize universal healthcare, something every other developed nation has, is a good thing"
arkofjoy | 7 hours ago
It is a big part of the reason why the right is suddenly shouting about "communism" people are seriously starting to question why they don't have the same healthcare access that members of Congress have.
But never forget that the insurance industry was spending 6 million dollars A DAY pushing stories like death panels during the Obamacare hearings in Congress. They are scared.
foxinHI | 6 hours ago
Or why we don’t have the same healthcare access as the rest of the industrialized world. Our mortality rate is declining. Everywhere else it’s improving.
arkofjoy | 6 hours ago
That is definitely true, but I prefer to talk about the fact that a small group of Americans have something that they are telling us that is "socialism" if the rest of us want it. But "not socialism" when they have it.
whatlineisitanyway | 6 hours ago
As a Canadian that has lived in the US for many years now how misunderstood universal healthcare is in this country still shocks me. Mainly that people don't understand that they wouldn't be paying twice. Like if there is a new tax then you would be making more because the actual raise in your compensation wouldn't be going to healthcare every year. Or that even conservative think tanks admit it would save Americans money.
tI_Irdferguson | 4 hours ago
As a Canadian who has never lived in the US I've never understood how it's ever been anything other than a slam dunk winning political issue. Like I understand there's a lot of propaganda propping up a for profit healthcare system. I just don't get how the public never caught on.
Like they're the only developed country without universal healthcare. But yet also somehow spend more on healthcare per capita than any country. And it's not particularly close. They literally spend way more money than they should to subsidize a predatory for profit healthcare system instead of saving money and just making a normal universal healthcare system.
Meanwhile regular Americans are fine paying Deductibles and co-pays, losing basic coverage anytime they leave their job, spending thousands on premiums just to get rejected by their provider when they need it because of pre-existing conditions or whatever. I really don't understand how replacing that with the system every other developed nation has isn't a slam dunk political winner.
Mirageswirl | 54 minutes ago
Another Canadian, I think the answer is that the general public in the US has very little influence on policy relative to the influence of the wealthy and powerful corporations.
Here is a news story about a 2014 poly sci study measuring the influence of various groups on the US government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
2ManyCatsNever2Many | 8 hours ago
it should have always been. maybe the title should say, "americian voters finally waking up to realize universal healthcare, something every other developed nation has, is a good thing"
CreateFlyingStarfish | 8 hours ago
No. Being broke and then getting sick & getting f u k d by the bill after you get the care you had to wait for 6 months to get is the issue.
ooomellieooo | 7 hours ago
Are you me?
I'm sorry.
Rascal_Rogue | 4 hours ago
It was in 2008 when Obama ran on it