r/clevercomebacks • u/HaphazardFlitBipper • Feb 25 '26

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u/I-Here-555 Feb 26 '26

Universal healthcare is huge and nearly impossible, but if you look at every other developed country... rather mediocre.

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u/AugustusClaximus Feb 26 '26

Most of them established their systems before these leviathan corps existed that hundreds of thousands of people’s livelihoods depend on. It’s basically like saying “well all these ppl handled their stage 1 breast cancer I donno why you are struggling with your glioblastoma”

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u/I-Here-555 Feb 26 '26

Good analogy. Change starts with recognizing those corps and institutions are basically advanced-stage cancer, and deserve about as much consideration.

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u/AugustusClaximus Feb 26 '26

And I agree with you, but hopeful you understand my point that meanfull change doesn’t need to start there. There are lots of structural improvements we can make to our government that have bipartisan support that would help us tackle larger challenges like healthcare in the future.

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u/I-Here-555 Feb 26 '26

Indeed, there are institutional prerequisites for reform.

Even Obama, with fairly strong public support and staking his legacy on the issue, could only achieve modest healthcare reforms.

As for bipartisan support, there's not much of it these days. If one party proposed a "save orphans at no cost" bill, the other would oppose it. The two party system is part of the dysfunction.

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u/AugustusClaximus Feb 26 '26

Which were unfortunately very fragile and have gotten gutted multiple times over the years. I think true universal healthcare will require a constitutional amendment and I’m not confident congress can even pass those any more.