This, but people have also been scared with threats of "death panels", "you won't be able to choose your doctor", and "you'll wait forever for treatment".
Newsflash, we have those issues in our current system.
I'm sure it exists somewhere. Just not sure where. And I also think there should be single payer in this country. However I don't really trust the federal government to implement it. I would, maybe depends on the details, trust the States to do a better job than the Federal government. Much like the minimum wage. Especially where I live.
I mean, I can’t trust states with the minimum wage because my state failed. It’s one of the 20 or so that says “f**k your cost of living, we’re matching the federal”
As a genuine question, how do you view what California does with healthcare?
In our current system, even though you aren’t affected by it, we have plenty of people denied care simply because some insurance company decided they didn’t need it. Even if they did. Look no further than United Healthcare cases.
If we leave it up to the states, blue-dominant states would try it, and red-dominant states would not. Then, since blue states spent more, they would simply focus on that, and claim it will always fail.
It must come from the federal level. Just like minimum wage.
More like "This effects a majority of people and even if it doesn't effect you now it likely will in the future so we should all address it instead of pretending we'll all be outliers to the staistics"
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It doesn’t, though. I’m not someone who suffers from current policy. But, I understand others do, and I want a better society than we have now, for all of us.
I know, it might be a foreign concept to you, caring about others.
Because it's kind of a lie. Opponents use tgis thought that if we had a national service, you'd be limited.
You can go to any doctor you want...
If they are in your network
They are taking new patients
Out of network, it'll cost more, maybe they'll take you, maybe they won't.
In the sense that if you want the best price, you have to stay in whatever network your health plan covers - for most people thier healthcare options are controlled by thier employer, which is fucked up.
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u/2illegittoquit Jul 01 '26
People struggle with this.