A public option is not the answer. It still keeps the insurance companies in the mix and continues treating health care as a commodity. A single payer system is the answer. Why are many politicians reluctant, because they take money from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. The health care movement needs to go to people. They need to cross ethnic, class and cultural lines by forming trusting relationships, especially with those who live in rural communities and with groups that are marginalized. Becoming inclusive, by listening, educating and advocating will bring about an opportunity to move not in incremental steps such as the public option, but by moving the system forward to single payer.
A public option is not the answer. It still keeps the insurance companies in the mix and continues treating health care as a commodity. A single payer system is the answer. Why are many politicians reluctant, because they take money from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. The health care movement needs to go to people. They need to cross ethnic, class and cultural lines by forming trusting relationships, especially with those who live in rural communities and with groups that are marginalized. Becoming inclusive, by listening, educating and advocating will bring about an opportunity to move not in incremental steps such as the public option, but by moving the system forward to single payer.
Flipping the script: rightwing stalwarts like the Cato Institute, Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute occasionally voice a principle — oops! — that dovetails remarkably well with universal healthcare. https://medium.com/@idember/want-universal-healthcare-ask-a-conservative-56712a028e74