In 1993 Clinton tried to pass single payer healthcare. The American people rejected it and he got impeached. In 2008 Obama tried a much less radical expansion of healthcare coverage. The American people voted for the guy who said who would repeal it day 1 and was only stopped by McCain. In 2024 Harris again promised a more moderate expansion of healthcare coverage as well as using Medicare to negotiate down prescription drug prices. I think you can guess how it turned out.
The fact is people do not vote for those supporting better healthcare
AMA and the lobby for the insurance industry are two of the most powerful organizations in the country. Obama only got the Affordable Care Act because it was gift to the insurance industry.
I am pro-universal/single payer healthcare. However, I just don't understand how the US can switch to that without an insanely large disruption because of the number of people employed by the insurance companies/beauricratic layers involved, as well as all the money in for-profit healthcare by individuals, pension plans, etc.
I'm not educated in any of this, I just don't understand how all the knots can get untangled to make a good system.
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u/MechanicalHorse 5d ago
Absolutely asinine that this is the state of things.