| When we poll with what Medicare for All will do, support is massive. Health care in the US is an increasingly brutal, over the top expensive mess. Frankly, a quick look at why they want a public option is exactly why they would easily support Medicare for All. Nobody loves their health care insurance company. And where they may be stoic to positive, it is only because they are insulated from the mess, or just have not actually had to receive significant care of any kind. Tons of people, myself included, have seen serious financial ruin, and in my case it boiled down to basically trading my home and financial future for my spouse. We got past it, but will never see the future I worked very hard for. Health insurance companies do not actually add any value. Most of the developed world understands this, and how a market approach for primary care conflicts with fixing sick people. Right now the priority is making money, not fixing people, and it shows. More people experience it, or know someone who has every day. I make damn sure to educate others any time, any day, any place. Once people actually experience Medicare, they love it. I have watched even the most staunch advocates for our current system age in and then change their tune. There are exceptions, and those people buy Medicare Advantage plans and often seek help getting back to plain old Medicare, which is very difficult, by design. Ever wonder why that is? |