GryphonSKAnyone who thinks we can't have #universalhealthcare in the #UnitedStates when literally every other developed country has and loves it is extremely #unpatriotic and insulting to #Americans. They either think everyone in the country is an absolute idiot that doesn't know how to literally copy existing, working, policies and adapt them for us, or they hate Americans and don't want us to have the benefits everyone else in the developed world has.
Elton Cora (Honorary)Something I rarely hear or see discussed among Universal Healthcare / Medicare for All proponents: it was clear for a long time that politicization of medical care—specifically what the definition of care is, and who can have it, etc—was a risk. Over the past _1.5 years_ we've seen what happens when clowns gain sway, and the degree to which "rights" are actually just opinions and slogans. What, then, do proponents recognize as risks, and what are their proposed mitigations for hypothetical universal coverage systems which change policy hands every four to eight years?
I mean, we have women on the right arguing that women don't deserve subsidized feminine hygiene products, and _they_ are taken seriously by people with power.
Note that I am very much in favor of reliably and enforceably apolitical and nonprejudicial universal healthcare that respects science-backed self-determination for all of the covered. But as someone whose own medical self-determination is essentially up for a vote every few years and whose rights are routinely discussed as an acceptable point of compromise among extremes, this is something I care about deeply.
I'd really like to hear some concrete positions on this among the more vocal UH proponents.
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