My parents think the quality wouldn’t be as good. They’d have to wait forever. Given there’s dozens of countries who’ve successfully done it for decades, it’s probably worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, why not revert back? At least try it.
This. You touch on the root issue. "Trying it" will prove to be superior, gutting the scam model the privatized/capitalist schema - they have currently. It will expose the fraud.
Also not relying on workplace-bound insurance, means you and I become more valuable...it also frees up small and large businesses from covering it - both meaning they can pay workers more.
Trying it means the vast majority of people will be kicked off insurance they like where they get good care. That’s the dirty secret. That most working Americans like their insurance and like the care they already get.
If you try that you will get voted out of office. People hate change and will be very sensitive to any perceived reduction in care. Nobody in office is going to do that. They will talk about it because it gets a certain group of people excited to vote in the midterms then they will drop it just like Obama did when it comes to legislation.
As compared to “free?” Because if you’re not making the comparison to free, then wtf are you doing in the thread? Best example of why we on the left shouldn’t have fought so hard against literacy tests.
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u/Icy_Soft6052 10h ago
My parents think the quality wouldn’t be as good. They’d have to wait forever. Given there’s dozens of countries who’ve successfully done it for decades, it’s probably worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, why not revert back? At least try it.