The cynic in me suspects it's because insurance companies and employer-provided insurance hasn't completely mucked up the market the way it has with healthcare.

The cynic in me suspects it's because insurance companies and employer-provided insurance hasn't completely mucked up the market the way it has with healthcare. Sometimes I wonder if America's "best" (least resistant) path to single-payer healthcare is to start smaller scale with universal coverage for vision & dentistry and then slowly expand coverage from there.