U.S. Voters Back Medicare Expansion but Not Eliminating Private Insurance

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15. When I worked for corporations, I had platinum level

healthcare coverage. I knew coworkers that had major illnesses and were not remotely ruined financially because our health insurance paid for everything. THAT is the reality that many Americans are experiencing, you can dismiss people's actual experiences if you want, but seldom does that go well.

It was not until I was out of a corporation and on my own did I realize how good my healthcare coverage was. An equivalent policy out of my pocket ran $850-$1100 per month.

We can talk about WHY healthcare is so expensive, I have come to see that the reasons are far more complex than people who decry the costs are willing to admit (a negative message that has scheming, evil corporations always sells better). I think that people being more responsible of taking care of their health (eating healthier, portion control, exercise, enough sleep, limiting alcohol or drugs and limiting smoking or not starting to begin with) helps dramatically with costs, but how many Americans are doing those things?