Single Payer is good for union workers. Obviously.

[MoonlitKnight]

61. The "I got mine, F everyone else" mindset is strong.

And understandable. However the real problem is that it closes the mind to the facts. Single payer is the most cost effective and provides the best patient outcomes, by a substantial margin. Decades of research have proven this time and again.

It’s like arguing about climate change. Some people focus on the cow farts until it’s too late. And it’s getting too late for climate change and fixing healthcare. The Republican strategy of tax cutting into massive debt will make confronting our healthcare crisis impossible it delayed further.

This will include your fancy private plan. First the retired will get thrown off the plan. As Medicaid and Medicare cuts deepen, hospitals and medical providers have to raise revenue elsewhere. So they charge insurance companies more and more. Those insurance companies aren’t going to cut profits. So your premiums go up. Or you strike to keep that from happening. So they cut insurance until you agree to go back to work and pay more. And the cycle continues. All the while, millions of people die needlessly.

And we pay trillions to treat what could have been prevented. And that money has to come from somewhere. Time for another raise in premiums. And that $5 copay is now $25.

And forget about what happens if you lose your job, the company goes bankrupt or you want to work elsewhere.

We tried the Republican plan. They are fighting it in court. And while it made some things better it just isn’t the best solution in the long term. We will never make progress if we don’t try.