« Reply #391 on: January 08, 2026, 01:57:35 PM »
The reason universal health care never happens is because for someone to run for office and win, the primary traits needed are narcissism and charisma, not intelligence and an ability to adroitly explain why a policy is good to someone by meeting them where they are.
Bernie - over and over - "Health care is a human right". That does pretty well with someone struggling to pay their health insurance. But if someone has a job with good insurance, all they hear is "I want to increase your taxes".
If you instead make sure you discuss things like small businesses and entrepreneurs being more able to start and run businesses because they aren't trying to navigate employee heath insurance, or would be more able to hire workers from larger firms - who would otherwise stay put just because of health insurance - in order to grow their small businesses, you win. Show how much profit health insurance companies have made over the last few years, make it clear that the government is not for profit so all those shareholder profits and CEO pay packages would now be used to pay for health care and prescriptions, and we can use that savings to instead have thousands of people being paid to deny claims, just cover the claims. That people who get sick and go into medical bankruptcy end up being a drag on the economy, instead of simply taking care of them so they can get back to producing for the economy.
Nichi is 10x as good at explaining it than any politician.
I agree. And emphasize how many people are stuck in jobs they are unhappy at because they are afraid of losing their healthcare coverage. Real freedom is not having these fears.
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