Some are beginning to march in the streets, actually. Especially those who stand to lose their lives or a relative's should a Republican repeal bill pass. (Iron

Some are beginning to march in the streets, actually. Especially those who stand to lose their lives or a relative's should a Republican repeal bill pass. (Ironically, many of these people votes for those Republicans in the first place.) For the rest who aren't, there's a simple reason: services operated by the government tend to suck (or are at least perceived to be so). It is an American tradition to stand in long lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew your driver's license, or to get your vehicle inspected. The TSA exists to inconvenience travelers. Public schools are perceived to be failing (they are in some places; I was lucky enough to get a very good education in public schools) even if they are not necessarily. The Postal Service is not profitable (even if it doesn't need to be...) and there are always lines at post offices. And so on. (typing on mobile, could give more examples but I'm sure others have their own) Whether these problems are real or not is irrelevant. Americans distrust the government, especially the federal one. You could call it indoctrination, to a degree. Those who benefit from the system are allowed to persuade the populace, even from birth, and are supported by both major parties. (Drug and other healthcare advertising is legal.) It is also part of our history. The tradition of the US is a distrust of big government. Before the US Constitution was written, we had a federal government under the Articles of Confederation. It was meant to be permanent. The federal government was extremely weak, gave too much power to the states, and ultimately did not work. So the Founders had to go back and try a second time and gave the federal government more power. And that's where we are today...but that feeling of distrust has persisted through the centuries. So to sum it up: many like the idea of private healthcare not because they have a choice, but because they believe that the government(s) will screw it up worse.