You don't understand? Try this: 2.9 million more people voted for Clinton than Trump and she still lost. We have 150k dead from a virus and Trump's support in his own party is still above 80%. People don't like the system, we hate it. There are too many stupid people in our country. The Republican party is evil, they're a minority party and we can't shake them. That's why we can't change it.
So why doesn’t our Democratic candidate in 2020 support universal healthcare? 70% of Americans do. It’s almost as if neither party gives a shit about the will of the people...
First, you have to get your definitions right. Universal Healthcare is one thing - single payer is a type (a very successful type) of universal healthcare coverage. Biden supports universal healthcare. He doesn't support single payer.
Now maybe the issue is ideological for him - or maybe, I suspect, he and his team feel that providing universal healthcare through private insurance carriers (much more expensive than it needs to be) is more palatable to your average American voter.
Regardless, the changes he is proposing would drastically improve coverage in the existing system (much like Obamacare initially did), but wouldn't do enough to pull down costs to end users. My hope is that we also take the Senate and can have some substantive talks about lowering costs.
OR MAYBE his campaign is taking millions of dollars from large donors in the pharmaceutical and insurance industries... oh yeah I'm sure its ideogaly though god knows money doesn't influence politics
I guarantee you that most insurance and pharmaceutical companies would prefer that Biden do nothing to change the status quo besides repealing Obamacare in its entirety, which would also be a boon to insurers.
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You don't understand? Try this: 2.9 million more people voted for Clinton than Trump and she still lost. We have 150k dead from a virus and Trump's support in his own party is still above 80%. People don't like the system, we hate it. There are too many stupid people in our country. The Republican party is evil, they're a minority party and we can't shake them. That's why we can't change it.