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Are we? Both parties seem pretty staunchly opposes to providing healthcare to citizens. Requiring everyone to purchase from the private insurance industry doesn
by kitotik 6y ago
Are we? Both parties seem pretty staunchly opposes to providing healthcare to citizens. Requiring everyone to purchase from the private insurance industry doesn’t really count.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoIt's going to take some time still, but we're on the right path. A majority of Americans believe it's the government's responsibility to provide healthcare [1], and while many Congressional representatives are against it (except for Medicare for those 65+), they are old and will age out or be replaced over the next few election cycles (while the number of Boomers and above age out and are replaced with Millennials and younger voters who skew more progressive [2]). Anything that accelerates the death rate of older cohorts or the election of Congressional reps who support a universal healthcare model would speed the timeline up. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/03/most-continue-to-say-ensuring-health-care-coverage-is-governments-responsibility/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/10/03/most-contin... [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/20/a-wider-partisan-and-ideological-gap-between-younger-older-generations/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/20/a-wider-par...