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What the hell is up with your country, people? And what the hell is up with your fellow Americans? Why are the very people who suffer so much under the utter c

What the hell is up with your country, people? And what the hell is up with your fellow Americans? Why are the very people who suffer so much under the utter crap that passes for a healthcare system so eager to defend it. Seriously, I just don't understand.

jsz0 17y ago
It's a fairly complex issue. The class warfare angle is the rich and upper middle class simply don't want to pay for the poor. The financial angle is health care industry is a big business in America and it makes lots of people money. The religious angle is that some modern medical procedures conflict with their religious views and they don't want to pay for them. It really goes back to the core political divide in America of small government vs. big government. The two ideologies are pretty evenly matched in popular opinion so progress is slow.
- cubicle67 17y ago
  The class warfare angle is the rich and upper middle class simply don't want to pay for the poor Every time you put measures in place to stop people getting something their not entitled to, you make a compromise between the percentage of people you stop vs the pain you inflict on those who are entitled. Eg - DRM. The harder it works to make sure no one can copy something, the more pain it inflicts on those who've purchased the item legitimately. At some point you need to decide that you're willing to let a certain number of people get away with something to ease the pain on everyone else. Where you draw the line is the difficult bit. I think that's what's happening here, but there's a certain demographic who are so determined to make sure that absolutely no one gets any sort of free ride/handout that they're willing to take the risk that they too will be disadvantaged. Instead of deciding that for the benefit of most people a few may receive a free ride, they'd rather members of their own demographic face the possibility of bankruptcy and/or death at the hand of your insurance companies. Like I said, I honestly cannot understand this mentality.
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jimbokun 17y ago
The people defending are the people for whom it works pretty well. Ironically, I have read (forget where, sorry) that many of the people protesting an overhaul are elderly people who receive public healthcare. The reason is that they are afraid it will mess up their current plan, which they like. Politics can be very strange.

jsz0 17y ago

It's a fairly complex issue. The class warfare angle is the rich and upper middle class simply don't want to pay for the poor. The financial angle is health care industry is a big business in America and it makes lots of people money. The religious angle is that some modern medical procedures conflict with their religious views and they don't want to pay for them. It really goes back to the core political divide in America of small government vs. big government. The two ideologies are pretty evenly matched in popular opinion so progress is slow.

cubicle67 17y ago
The class warfare angle is the rich and upper middle class simply don't want to pay for the poor Every time you put measures in place to stop people getting something their not entitled to, you make a compromise between the percentage of people you stop vs the pain you inflict on those who are entitled. Eg - DRM. The harder it works to make sure no one can copy something, the more pain it inflicts on those who've purchased the item legitimately. At some point you need to decide that you're willing to let a certain number of people get away with something to ease the pain on everyone else. Where you draw the line is the difficult bit. I think that's what's happening here, but there's a certain demographic who are so determined to make sure that absolutely no one gets any sort of free ride/handout that they're willing to take the risk that they too will be disadvantaged. Instead of deciding that for the benefit of most people a few may receive a free ride, they'd rather members of their own demographic face the possibility of bankruptcy and/or death at the hand of your insurance companies. Like I said, I honestly cannot understand this mentality.

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jimbokun 17y ago

The people defending are the people for whom it works pretty well. Ironically, I have read (forget where, sorry) that many of the people protesting an overhaul are elderly people who receive public healthcare. The reason is that they are afraid it will mess up their current plan, which they like. Politics can be very strange.