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I'd say the real divide over American healthcare funding reform is not between the industry and everyone else but rather between those Americans who believe gov

I'd say the real divide over American healthcare funding reform is not between the industry and everyone else but rather between those Americans who believe government should work to improve the lives of the people and the 40% of Americans who see the role of government as preserving existing social hierarchy. The healthcare industry does pour a lot of bribe money into preventing reform; see e.g. killing anti surprise billing legislation. However, the bulk of research into why the US doesn't have universal healthcare access points the blame at the blocking minority of Americans who'd prefer not have healthcare for themselves if the alternative is people lower on the social hierarchy (read: non-whites) having healthcare. This is likely a far harder problem to fix than the already nearly insurmountable problem of excessive corporate influence over government policy.

cik2e 6y ago
> However, the bulk of research into why the US doesn't have universal healthcare access points the blame at the blocking minority of Americans who'd prefer not have healthcare for themselves if the alternative is people lower on the social hierarchy (read: non-whites) having healthcare. Citation needed. This is quite an inflammatory statement to throw out there without a backing source.
zentiggr 6y ago
I'll agree with the other comment - "bulk of research ... points the blame" - if there is any credible information that does show this, I'm very curious. My cynical short take is that the insurance/medical industry, sitting on a cash cow, will do anything to keep it being taken away. That seems to be a lot of the motivation for some people to support policies that only benefit corporations / status quo.