Summary
A Gallup poll shows 62% of Americans now believe it is the government’s responsibility to ensure health care access—the highest level in over a decade.
Support for government involvement has grown among Republicans (32%) and independents (65%), while 90% of Democrats agree.
Despite increased approval of the Affordable Care Act (54%), Republicans, led by Donald Trump, may target Medicaid and ACA spending to fund $4 trillion in tax cuts.
Trump has offered vague healthcare plans but has not provided detailed proposals to replace the ACA.
Too bad they just voted for opposite.
Well done, America.
Then vote accordingly 🙄
That’s why they voted or stepped aside for Trump? Americans deserve everything they’re gonna get or lose
Republicans once again are absolute shit heads. Can we just get rid of them? We could have so many nice things if these absolute disappointments weren’t around.
Support for government involvement has grown among Republicans (32%)
This is why the “Most Americans Support {liberal policy X}” titles are such worthless fucking copium. Republicans control everything and they definitely don’t believe that “it is the government’s responsibility to ensure health care access”. And so the government will not be ensuring health care access - for anyone other than the government.
Conservative Politicians are popular and Progressive policies are popular.
Oh, god damn I hate the Muhammad Smith Paradox.
For those who don’t know what I mean.
The most common first name in the world is Muhammad, primarily due to its religious significance in Arabic countries, but the most common surname in the world is Smith, due to many European people getting their last name from the profession of an ancestor and many jobs in the middle ages were one kind of “Smith” or another, and that gets a boost from African Americans who take their last names from the slave owners who bought their ancestors (God this world is fucked up)
But without given the context as to WHY these names are common, you would believe that most people are named “Muhammad Smith”, when in reality, basically no one would have that as a name. (I believe I heard somewhere that the FBI automatically flags the name “Muhammad Smith” as an alias anytime they see it used due to the high unprobability of the name, but don’t quote me on that. I think I read it on TV Tropes or something)
Basically it occurs when two things are true, but the implication of both things being true is false. In America; Progressive policies are popular with the common man because if enacted they would erase poverty almost overnight and most Americans are poor due to worsening wealth inequality.
Conservative politicians are popular because the Conservative brand is about putting on an air of masculinity and pretending to be a firebrand angry at [Insert Group Here] as opposed to actually having policy. As the real goal is to rob the country blind and scream “HE DID IT!” at whatever minority group is the current “Freak of the Week”, in short. Republicans are Confidence Men and Americans like men who are confident.
If you didn’t have specific details on the reason for the popularity of Progressive Policies and Conservative Politicians. Logic would dictate that Conservative politicians are popular because they pass progressive policy, which is obviously not the case.
Of course it’s the government’s responsibility. It’s impractical as a grass roots effort. What happens when multiple citizens accidentally engage with the same CEO? Sounds messy and awkward.
It seems like it could be simpler to exercise government to enforce fair standards and health care access.
Of course, I shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that the remaining living healthcare CEOs will choose to cooperate with the due process of law, rather than live slightly more egregiously hedonisticly in fear for their lives.
Single payer will come to America when Luigis start happening as often as Columbines
In over a decade?? What were the numbers a decade ago when we had a PRESIDENT IN OFFICE WITH CONTROL OF CONGRESS WHO PROMISED AS A MAIN POINT HE RAN ON THAT WE WOULD HAVE UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE? What ever happened to that??
They only had the Senate, not the house. Bills start in the house. You can propose it all you want. Republicans are going to vote it down every time.
What is this image? How is this bitch standing up?
Michael Jackson’s shoes
In the image: someone on the side of the CEOs.
just remember they will sell you the rope you use to hang them
The ACA is Obama’s DADT.
The options that Clinton had available to him were to charge homosexual recruits with enlistment fraud and jailing them when discovered; or, prohibit recruiters from asking the question, and simply discharging service members who reveal they engage in homosexual activities. At the time, he didn’t have the option of demanding the military allow gay troops to serve openly. DADT was the best option available to Clinton, but it was a terrible option, and needed to be repealed as soon as it was enacted.
The core of the ACA is the idea that private insurers are responsible for providing access to care. The ACA imposes a modicum of regulation on that idea, but leaves private insurers in charge.
The ACA is better than the entirely unregulated systems before it, but it is still a steaming turd. It was the best option available to Obama, but it needs to be repealed as soon as possible, and replaced with true, universal healthcare.
It won’t be repealed, it will be gutted. And replaced with nothing better because 62% want government healthcare, but 62% didn’t vote Democrat.
Democrats don’t deliver healthcare when they have power. There’s always some Lieberman or Manchin that stops them.
So roughly 50% don’t vote.
They said the same thing about DADT, that it’d be replaced with the “Defense of Marriage Act”
The election was a month before the nation realized an alternative to private insurance was viable.
Right? If Luigi said “Let’s-a-go!” in October, the loser of the election would have been the first person to condemn Luigi.
…And if I know the political parties, Trump would ignore Luigi entirely to focus on himself and Kamala would shame Luigi’s supporters and claim we’re “Better than this” and real change “Can happen without resorting to violence!”
So same result… Trump victory
