Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Dear Senator Warren: we love our private insurancd companies [View all]Private insurance is just a method to pay less slightly less exploitave prices in some cases. It's the actual healthcare and coverage they like. If you get the same care, same doctor, and comprehensive coverage, you'll want the thing that results in less out of pocket costs and saves you money overall.
For most people a Medicare for All, or similiar system, is objectively superior. You don't have massive out of pocket costs, your tax increases (if you have one) will typically be less than the premium you are paying with insurance, and you will have more mobility when it comes to work. Entrepreneurship will increase, and there will be less people avoiding healthcare because of costs (so less strain on the system).
The biggest obstacle in Medicare for All on the P.R. front is taxes. People love it until you start talking taxes, and then support drops like a rock. When it comes down to it, people in general are idiots when it comes down to taxation, and that's always been the biggest problem with any Democratic plan or attempts to return taxation to a bit more reasonable level.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided