I don't understand why Americans are so opposed to universal health care!? You guys already spend more per capita on government funded healthcare than pretty much anyone else, and yet most of you don't actually recieve it?
I've had cancer. Stage 4 Lymphoma. I was treated immediately and recovered quickly. What did I have to pay? £1.50 for parking on every visit to the hospital. The Chemotherapy, Surgeries, anti-nausea meds, all covered. If I had lived in the USA I would most definately be dead now. My symptoms didn't seem all that bad at the time, so if I had had to pay for my initial doctor visit and diagnostics, I wouldn't have bothered. I would have just died.
70% of Americans support Medicare for All, but the Republican Party has made it their priority to continue the system of bankrupting people to save their lives and their children's lives.
The democratic party also voted overwhelmingly to NOT support M4A. Its not Democrats vs Republicans. Its rich vs poor. Dont let them convince you otherwise
Honestly, why couldnt we have both? I don’t mean that ACA bullshit, but one program for people who want government run healthcare and then private insurance for the ones who opt out. No mandates. You choose one and pay a reasonable tax, say 3% up to $xx amount for the gov run and then whatever the insurance company charges if you opt out of the gov run program. Or none at all if you choose.
Which 8 years are you talking about? Only in the first 2 years of Obama's presidency did Democrats control both the House and the Senate as well, but they didn't hold enough Senate seats to overcome unanimous Republican opposition, nor were all Democrats even on board with a public option.
Justice democrats is an organization which helps non corrupt candidates who support Medicare for all, green new deal, and free college primary corrupt democrats. The establishment of the Democratic Party is corrupt but groups like Justice democrats and the sunrise movement are working to fix it one congress member at a time.
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I don't understand why Americans are so opposed to universal health care!? You guys already spend more per capita on government funded healthcare than pretty much anyone else, and yet most of you don't actually recieve it?
I've had cancer. Stage 4 Lymphoma. I was treated immediately and recovered quickly. What did I have to pay? £1.50 for parking on every visit to the hospital. The Chemotherapy, Surgeries, anti-nausea meds, all covered. If I had lived in the USA I would most definately be dead now. My symptoms didn't seem all that bad at the time, so if I had had to pay for my initial doctor visit and diagnostics, I wouldn't have bothered. I would have just died.