[sueders101]

> The more harm is done, the less likely that people will support a public option.

I don't think that is the case most of the time. If anything, suffering makes people more likely to be sympathetic. For instance: people with low incomes, and those without private healthcare are more likely to support socialized healthcare in the United States.[1] These are the people most likely to have been stuck with ruinous healthcare bills.

[1] PDF Warning : https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/100752...