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If healthcare costs are so astronomically high, why are so many Americans supportive of mandatory insurance that forces insurance companies to pay those prices?
by eblanshey 7y ago
If healthcare costs are so astronomically high, why are so many Americans supportive of mandatory insurance that forces insurance companies to pay those prices? It sounds as bizarre. It's like if a normal pair of shoes cost $1000, and people decided shoes are a right and everyone should subsidize each other's $1000 shoes. How about fixing the root problem first: a pair of regular shoes shouldn't cost a thousand dollars! Find the laws that enable this to happen (patent, IP laws, etc) and change them! Forcing everyone to pay those prices seems to mainly benefit the very people charging those ridiculous prices and enables it to continue.
- mjevans 7y agoAmerican's hear a word like "socialism" and think that it's a lack of competition and thus innovation. They don't think of it as a regulatory floor to a market. A standard of service to surpass (if even possible). The correct way to sell this to the populace is probably by framing it as a "minimum standard of service for all", and "getting the full value out of your taxes".
- jorblumesea 7y agoAmerican's are brainwashed to vote against their interests because there's significant money to be made. The healthcare lobby spends enormous sums lobbying (bribing) politicians, influencing debates, changing public opinion and killing legislation.
- stjohnswarts 7y agoA lot of rural areas tend to vote for their party rather than for what makes sense.