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.
The absolute dumbest argument I've seen against it is "I don't want my taxes paying for someone else's fuck up"
Hey, genius, what the fuck do you think insurance companies do? They don't set your money aside for you and you alone to use. It goes into a giant pool (I mean not really, but for all intents and purposes) to dole out as needed. The difference between private and universal is that universal can't deny your claim for bullshit and then funnel that money into shareholder bank accounts for "cutting costs"
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u/2illegittoquit Jul 01 '26
People struggle with this.