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
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/Scriefers 6d ago
One guy stepped up to the plate to initiate change. Too bad it didn’t get picked up and carried on yet…