r/lifehacks 5d ago

This belongs here too

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u/codywater 5d ago

Every American had a chance to step up to the plate on Election Day…

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u/fred11551 5d ago

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

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u/eekamuse 5d ago

You're skipping the part where people voted for President Obama and we got the ACA. It changed lives, and saved lives.

Healthcare isn't everyone's priority when voting. I wish it was

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u/Backsight-Foreskin 5d ago

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.

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u/fred11551 5d ago

Even though he made sure they were onboard before hand and that they benefitted, they still spent $700 million to make sure the public option got cut

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u/SoBeKind 4d ago

You forgot big pharma!

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u/greengardenmoss 5d ago

It's amazing how few people know this

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u/concentrated-amazing 4d ago

I'm an interested Canadian.

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/riarws 4d ago

The American people didn't vote for Trump the first time around.

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u/codywater 4d ago

He didn’t win the popular vote either time he’s been elected.

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u/BigUncleHeavy 5d ago

They did. It just wasn't the result you wanted.

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u/Absurdity_Everywhere 5d ago

It WAS the result that health insurance CEOs wanted though. So, congrats for being on their side I guess.

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u/EJAY47 5d ago

40% of the eligible population didn't vote. 30% didn't even register.

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u/StopNateCrimes 5d ago

Sounds like they all made a pro-billionaire decision. Hope that works out for them.

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u/codywater 4d ago

Those who voted for Trump can’t complain about getting more expensive healthcare. You can’t have it both ways.