Why do I keep reading GOP talking points on DU? [View all]

[guillaumeb]

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The latest example is:

The real reason why we don't have single payer is because nobody wants to pay for it

(1) Why didn't Vermont try to fund it?
(2) Why are the young invincibles participating in the ACA exchanges below expectations? By design, their role was to subsidize the sick and elderly but apparently they decided they would rather not.
(3) Why are the unions complaining about the Cadillac tax, so much so that it's getting postponed?

If even the bluest liberal blocs would rather not pay for someone else's health care, why makes you think a much more divided America would want to do so?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511028491


The answer is that everybody IS paying for it. Directly, in the form of premiums and co-pays, and indirectly by the taxes that we pay to subsidize healthcare for the poor.

Every other industrialized democracy pays for it, mainly by taxes that provide universal access. The taxes are still cheaper than paying for private insurance because there is no profit motive.