Why do you oppose universal, single-payer healthcare?

Fogdog said:

gee nobody ever thought of that before. Thanks

Yes, I'm being snarky.

You talk as if the US were some monolithic society.

The people of the US aren't united on how to solve its problems. We have to work this out at the ballot box and in the court of public opinion. It's not going to be some come together moment like what you describe. What's going on right now is a slow, grinding change in demographics and the attitudes of this country that are very contentious but thus far mostly peaceful. That's better than an all out revolution where the workings of this country come to a halt and perhaps fall apart.

Regarding universal healthcare coverage, there has to be a rational plan put forward that spells out exactly how the transition will be managed, how much it will cost, how it will be paid for and a strong contract for what it will provide at the end. If your concern is the 44 million people currently not covered (I'd like to see a source for that number), there are alternatives to universal healthcare coverage that provides coverage to them.

It's not going to happen until Republicans are voted out of office anyway, so take a deep breath.

Vote Republicans out.

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DaFreak said:

Any other country Trump would be out of office already. If a little over half the population believed he should be in jail he would be out minimum. The French would have him out.

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Fogdog said:

Last I checked, I live in the US, not France.

What we are going through right now is a slow transition in demographics and generations that entail changes in attitudes towards just about everything. By 2030, the process should be mostly complete. The silent generation will finally be silent and the right-wing half of the boomers will be completely outnumbered by rational people.. On the path that we are currently on, we are working this out but it won't be overnight. The early part of the 2020's will be very contentious and perhaps the come together moment you describe will happen.

All out revolution means the death of tens of millions of people -- mainly the elderly and very young -- who depend on our society functioning as it currently does. I'd like to see us not do that.

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