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I would expect that, politically, the insurance companies are just entering their time in the barrel. The mantle of populist, anti-establishment hero is up for
by mullingitover 2y ago
I would expect that, politically, the insurance companies are just entering their time in the barrel.
The mantle of populist, anti-establishment hero is up for grabs now that the group who campaigned as anti-establishment are the establishment. Their stated position is that private insurance companies are good, actually, and we should be moving more people out of government funded health care and into the waiting arms of UnitedHealthcare and other private insurers.
This shooting, and popular acclaim for it, are a bright red signal that there is a huge tailwind for anyone who campaigns to burn these companies down, and the new establishment is going to be forced into opposing that popular demand.
- SpicyLemonZest 2y agoThe problem is that populism doesn't have to be ideologically consistent. Supporters of privatized healthcare can and do simply agree that there's a problem and insist that more privatization will fix it.