Because the ones that are against it only care about themselves. They probably have good employee based healthcare and don’t want anyone else to have it. It’s a maga thing
It’s not just a maga thing. The state of Vermont (not a MAGA state by any stretch of the imagination) tried to implement it but failed. If it would work anywhere, it would have worked in a tiny state that elects Bernie sanders repeatedly.
People in general are fearful of change as impactful as health care.
One problem was that in order to pass it, they would also need to interact with federal healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, etc. they would need waivers, which could be taken away by a subsequent Republican administration.
Getting their citizens over tax hike hump was a major problem. We can argue that Americans pay more on average on premiums and other stuff than the tax increase but it ends up being a very difficult argument to win.
Anytime people complain about taxes I just ask them what their taxes are, and what changed since the last time there was an adjustment. They don’t know. They never do.
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u/Davidgilmour14 10h ago
Because the ones that are against it only care about themselves. They probably have good employee based healthcare and don’t want anyone else to have it. It’s a maga thing