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Heartstrings

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Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:39 AM Mar 2017

Why are Americans so resistant to Universal Healthcare? [View all]

when it's in their best interest on all counts...so my taxes pay for a little boy to get a heart transplant in Oklahoma or pays for lifesaving heart meds for a woman in Florida? It's called being a fucking human being...

I just don't understand why this is such a difficult concept...pathetic and sad...

Happy Sunday!

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They are brainwashed and too lazy to investigate facts for themselves. nikibatts Mar 2017 #1
Makes me craaaazy!!! Heartstrings Mar 2017 #2
True. ...and they are too afraid of the truth to investigate the facts. It challenges their values. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #62
For a long time canetoad Mar 2017 #3
It's "socialized medicine," & the RW says it's evil, though Alice11111 Mar 2017 #58
Mindless hyperpartisanship that has become Hortensis Mar 2017 #82
an ugly truth DonCoquixote Mar 2017 #4
Good post. Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #6
No offense and thanks for the insight! Heartstrings Mar 2017 #8
Good analysis. Mendocino Mar 2017 #15
Very good and thoughtful post. mountain grammy Mar 2017 #20
Provocative, in a good way. Thx Alice11111 Mar 2017 #59
Well said. K&R (eom) CanSocDem Mar 2017 #96
Well Stated.... Must be a History Major WiffenPoof Mar 2017 #104
The magic word is taxes. So many people have become convinced that paying taxes Arkansas Granny Mar 2017 #5
And this while taking your Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #29
Republicans love to kill things - it curtails their "fun"... n/m bagelsforbreakfast Mar 2017 #7
They think it IS fun! Like Paul Ryan admitted after the Ryancare bill was withdrawn...they have been Alice11111 Mar 2017 #60
Because FOX NEWS TOLD THEM it was evil!! yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #9
Yes. This. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #28
!!! Alice11111 Mar 2017 #61
It's not just using your taxes to pay for a little boy to get a heart transplant LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2017 #10
Because they don't want to share anything with THOSE people. Thor_MN Mar 2017 #11
This entire country was founded on distrust of government. Agschmid Mar 2017 #12
Distrust of the throne and parliament was neither the catalyst nor the reason. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #97
It cannot pass the corrupt congress. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2017 #13
Three reasons: (1) propaganda works, and they are relentlessness propagandized with the most tblue37 Mar 2017 #14
Because it levels the playing field, treating all, including the elite equally.... Historic NY Mar 2017 #16
Yes, blasphemy. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #63
The ones who oppose it think it will lead to worse care oberliner Mar 2017 #17
Another question - why do we have healthcare for profit in this country? smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #18
No brainer, the health insurance industry. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #70
Should doctors and nurses be public employees? HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #78
redumbliCONs have spent the last two decades bad mouthing every other democratisphere Mar 2017 #19
Because, when Dems were fighting, and I mean fighting, mountain grammy Mar 2017 #21
You pay the same for health insurance either way you cut it elias7 Mar 2017 #22
Spite. nt LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #23
Because ultimately, the right-wing faction believes some people deserve to die. Tatiana Mar 2017 #24
They've been told the countries with universal healthcare Mariana Mar 2017 #25
Yes, this and waiting forever to see a doctor radical noodle Mar 2017 #50
Because the "S" word--socialism has been misrepresented ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #26
Selfishness mainly Freddie Mar 2017 #27
Because just about everything they "know" is a lie, half truth or irrelevancy. Bozvotros Mar 2017 #30
Medicare eligible as of 1-1-2017 Heartstrings Mar 2017 #32
Medicare is nuts too. Bozvotros Mar 2017 #33
I'm on Medicare radical noodle Mar 2017 #52
Plan F is a Medicare Supplement,which many people can't afford, when paying for Plan D and Rxs Alice11111 Mar 2017 #72
It is more expensive because it pays everything radical noodle Mar 2017 #74
I have it too. BCBS Alice11111 Mar 2017 #83
You are a perfect example of how healthcare can go so wrong radical noodle Mar 2017 #98
They are actually better, thank you. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #99
Sorry for your friend. The pretence that she can do that Alice11111 Mar 2017 #101
Good points. It is like a sick game to figure out. Then, it's got cha, you got the wrong one. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #71
Medicare is adequate, but far too complicated HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #79
Although status quo is insane it still works for a lot of people Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #31
Of course it is. Bozvotros Mar 2017 #35
The question is why are Americans collectively so hesitant Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #49
The selling point is that you are human and that it is fair for everyone to have the same HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #81
Good point. I think of it often. Many Repubs have govt Alice11111 Mar 2017 #84
Yeah, I think this is much bigger than some of the pop-sociology reasons that have been offered. cemaphonic Mar 2017 #80
Americans are largely belligerent, hateful, stupid racists The Big Ragu Mar 2017 #34
Well, that was blunt. However, true. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #64
They don't believe healthcare to be a right. QED Mar 2017 #36
Because some people consider themselves "macho" BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #37
I'm not sure of the "built on" arguement... LakeArenal Mar 2017 #38
Canadas founding was not that much different than us. Jim Beard Mar 2017 #42
Brainwashing about "socialism" milestogo Mar 2017 #39
It's because they don't want to subsidize the expenses of the costliest patients Calculating Mar 2017 #40
They do get livid Bozvotros Mar 2017 #44
We're already taxed to pay for expensive healthcare Mariana Mar 2017 #66
That's a classic masturbatory myth that is deliberately promoted by greedy pyschopaths Azathoth Mar 2017 #68
still it could happen to them treestar Mar 2017 #107
because many see it as taking from them to give to those less deserving JI7 Mar 2017 #41
Yep loyalsister Mar 2017 #43
Welfare queens in Cadillacs. moondust Mar 2017 #45
Because if they get it, people they dislike and resent might get it, too. Can't have that. n/t Different Drummer Mar 2017 #46
It's because we delusionally self-mythologize our country and supposed 'exceptionalism' TransitJohn Mar 2017 #47
Yes, I agree. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #67
Where's your proof that Americans are resistant to it? leftstreet Mar 2017 #48
A very good question. I know there are right-wingers who are against it when in fact raccoon Mar 2017 #89
Ignorance. H2O Man Mar 2017 #51
Funny that people don't react to mandated cilla4progress Mar 2017 #53
What is really sad is that these fucking bastards that say no to single payer Doreen Mar 2017 #54
absolutely gopiscrap Mar 2017 #55
Well said. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #65
Socialist Equals Communist Bayard Mar 2017 #56
For sure! This time go in for the kill. Done with making nice, while the Iagos do us in. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #73
I got mine so fuck you Azathoth Mar 2017 #57
The ones I know do see it that way...fear of the people who couldnt get in the Titanic life boats. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #69
I really like the Titanic analogy.... Heartstrings Mar 2017 #85
Fake News Jarqui Mar 2017 #75
Conservatives are scared to death they won't get that transplant Warpy Mar 2017 #76
They love universal health care HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #77
You have a point -- "Medicare for all" is probably an easier sale to white wingers than "univeral Hoyt Mar 2017 #86
Many fear they will be worse off than before, or fear the cost. Yo_Mama Mar 2017 #87
"Why shud Ah pay fer blaks 'n Mezz'kins in-shurince?" VOX Mar 2017 #88
Sadly, it's not JUST "blaks n Mezz'kins" . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #92
Absolutely true... VOX Mar 2017 #106
A lot of reasons ck4829 Mar 2017 #90
DMV ryan_cats Mar 2017 #91
Greed, political bias, and lack of compassion. Many people liquid diamond Mar 2017 #93
freedom... Demonaut Mar 2017 #94
Too many Americans refuse to support anything that might help another person. LonePirate Mar 2017 #95
Basically, I think it comes down to clever PR DFW Mar 2017 #100
Publicly funded insurance works the same way as privately funded, ronnie624 Mar 2017 #102
Why don't we say Medicare for all. There is no ambiguity what that means still_one Mar 2017 #103
"All for one, and that ONE is ME!" HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #105
The can afford healthcare sellitman Mar 2017 #108
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