US Medicare For All Bill as good as dead now?

[Mr Puggsly]

Puppyroach said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I think the idea of a public option is popular around the world, but people want private options as well. The left really wants government to be the only options because private companies are evil and greedy, blah blah.

I lean to the right, I believe a public may need to happen or healthcare.gov needs to be expanded, but the left is making bigger promises than viable with its healthcare solution. The left tries to make us think rich people will cover the bills, its just not reality.

Yeah, but there is no problem with having private options as well as long as everyone is guaranteed the same high quality healthcare, financed by taxes. In Sweden we also have private healthcare and private healthcare insurance. But you are still guaranteed all the help you need regardless of if you pay for additional private insurance.

And I think there is misdirection on both the right and the left. Healthcare cost will most likely drop significantly for US citizens if universal healthcare would be introduced but it would be a case of, for example, you as a citizen paying 1000$ more in taxes each year but in return you don´t have to pay 1500$ in private insurance each year. And since the wealthy earn so much more than those that make the least, they would pay a much larger proportion in relationship to how many they are.

Its incredibly naive to think the public options is going to be at par with the private option. If that was the case, there wouldn't really be a reason for the private option to exist.

Our government already spends a fortune providing healthcare services to about 1/3 of the country with mixed results.

The wealthy already pay a vast majority of the taxes. For the most part, people want to keep their private options. If the government forces people to pay your hypothetical $1000 into the public option, many may not be able to afford the private option they prefer.

So yeah, some sort of public options existing as option is something many people would support. But don't be surprised if people oppose the government takeover of healthcare. Primarily because we have little faith in government to operate that.