02-07-2015, 09:41 PM
Martin White Wrote:My question to American members is this: Why is a large part of America so firmly against a centralised, fully funded health system? How would you have funded my scenario above if it happened to you?
Actually, I think that a large majority of Americans would support a Medicare-for-all single-payer system. But every time health care reform comes up, opponents (people who are making a fortune from the current system) start a scare campaign to make the ignorant public think it will be a horrible thing. It is VERY easy to scare the shit out of low-information Americans (which is about 60-70% of them). This is why we keep ending up in stupid, unnecessary wars, why we can't repair highways, bridges and water mains, why our school system sucks, and a lot of other things.
But I think there is a slow awakening going on - look at Bernie Sanders go! $15 million he has already collected, thousands of people coming to his campaign events.
And they would probably shoot him if it looked like he might win the Presidency.