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Re:The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care ... by dgacmu on Sunday December 08, 2024 @11:52AM (#42358161)
Well, that gets us into the question of the influence of money on American politics. The incumbent players make a ton of money from the current system, and they use a lot of that money to lobby to maintain the system, and the system is responsive to their money. Made worse by Citizens United, but it's been a problem for a long time.

Combine this with a distrust of government that is encouraged by many of those same interests and you have, well, us.

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Re:The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care ... by s1artibartfast on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:05PM (#42358270)
Voters still control the ballot box, and have rejected single payer propositions. When polled, they say they want healthcare reform, but hate every option when they are described to them.
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Re:The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care ... by dgacmu on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:13PM (#42358343)
Yeah. There's a lot of fear-based marketing aimed at getting people to reject single-payer. It seems effective.

A lot of our voting seems to suffer from the "but it won't happen to me" fallacy, whether that be about health care and medical debt, conditions in jails, climate change, social services, etc. with the irony being that it often happens to most people in the long run.

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Re:The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care ... by s1artibartfast on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:35PM (#42358515)
Often times that is true. Most people dont end up in jail, with medial debt, and reliant social services, ect.
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