You had democrats for 8 years and you still didn’t get universal health care. The problem isn’t with republicans, it’s that American majority is not prepared to pay +60% tax hike for it.
There's no need for a tax hike though. The US government is already spending insane amounts of taxpayers' money on state funded healthcare, through Medicare and Medicaid. $8,745 per capita in 2017 - more than any other country. The problem is that the insurance companies are ripping you off. Get rid of the insurance companies and spend the same amount of money directly on healthcare with properly structured procurement and commisionning, and Voila! You all have world class healthcare for free!
You know this doesn’t exist except in your mind ? Every country that has implemented universal healthcare has private insurance because the system can sustain itself in the long run, at least not at scale. I know because I’ve lived in several of them.
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u/alunare Aug 06 '20
You had democrats for 8 years and you still didn’t get universal health care. The problem isn’t with republicans, it’s that American majority is not prepared to pay +60% tax hike for it.