If the US is a democracy, why don’t we have universal healthcare?

[Anonymous]

Democracy means the people participate in the government. We can just simply vote for universal healthcare.

[Anonymous]

OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

OP here. In school every single teacher who spoke on this subject said the US is a democracy. I would imagine schools are forbidden from teaching lies on a mass scale.

[Anonymous]

"and to the Republic for which it stands........"

[Anonymous]

And, FWIW, what makes you think everyone would vote for universal healthcare?"

First, you have to determine what it is. Obamacare legislated all sorts of things that did not need to be in the requirement to be covered by insurance. That is one of the reasons that the rates went up so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And, FWIW, what makes you think everyone would vote for universal healthcare?"

First, you have to determine what it is. Obamacare legislated all sorts of things that did not need to be in the requirement to be covered by insurance. That is one of the reasons that the rates went up so much.

Universal healthcare means having 1 single insurance for the whole US. People pay via taxes, what they’re able to contribute financially. If you need a certain treatment or procedure, it’s covered. Every doctor accepts this. It’s the same system that every other developed country has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

OP here. In school every single teacher who spoke on this subject said the US is a democracy. I would imagine schools are forbidden from teaching lies on a mass scale.

You do understand that teachers are not very bright

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, FWIW, what makes you think everyone would vote for universal healthcare?"

First, you have to determine what it is. Obamacare legislated all sorts of things that did not need to be in the requirement to be covered by insurance. That is one of the reasons that the rates went up so much.

Universal healthcare means having 1 single insurance for the whole US. People pay via taxes, what they’re able to contribute financially. If you need a certain treatment or procedure, it’s covered. Every doctor accepts this. It’s the same system that every other developed country has.

Universal healthcare means having a two tier system in which everyone is covered, but those who can afford private insurance and pay for private physicians will receive better treatment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, FWIW, what makes you think everyone would vote for universal healthcare?"

First, you have to determine what it is. Obamacare legislated all sorts of things that did not need to be in the requirement to be covered by insurance. That is one of the reasons that the rates went up so much.

Universal healthcare means having 1 single insurance for the whole US. People pay via taxes, what they’re able to contribute financially. If you need a certain treatment or procedure, it’s covered. Every doctor accepts this. It’s the same system that every other developed country has.

Universal healthcare means having a two tier system in which everyone is covered, but those who can afford private insurance and pay for private physicians will receive better treatment.

Not true. My vision of universal healthcare will pay physicians well, and everyone will get high levels of care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

OP here. In school every single teacher who spoke on this subject said the US is a democracy. I would imagine schools are forbidden from teaching lies on a mass scale.

Former teacher here.
Either you were not paying attention, or your teachers were not well versed in their subjects.

Our education system has really deteriorated. This is evidence right here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, FWIW, what makes you think everyone would vote for universal healthcare?"

First, you have to determine what it is. Obamacare legislated all sorts of things that did not need to be in the requirement to be covered by insurance. That is one of the reasons that the rates went up so much.

Universal healthcare means having 1 single insurance for the whole US. People pay via taxes, what they’re able to contribute financially. If you need a certain treatment or procedure, it’s covered. Every doctor accepts this. It’s the same system that every other developed country has.

Universal healthcare means having a two tier system in which everyone is covered, but those who can afford private insurance and pay for private physicians will receive better treatment.

Not true. My vision of universal healthcare will pay physicians well, and everyone will get high levels of care.

LOL. Your vision is not reality.

[Anonymous]

Not true. My vision of universal healthcare will pay physicians well, and everyone will get high levels of care.

And, I bet your vision includes choosing your own doctor? LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, I'll bite and play along with this 10 year old, even though I should be outside exercising today, and so should you, OP.

The US is not a democracy. The United States is a republic.

We'll wait while you go look up the difference. Please come back with a well-crafted paragraph demonstrating your understanding, and we'll go from there in this discussion.

Oh geez, not this again. Yes, our country is a democracy - a representative democracy where we vote for people to represent our interests within the government.

Our country is also a republic, which is the FORM of our government.

I often hear people argue that the United States is a republic, not a democracy. But that’s a false dichotomy. A common definition of “republic” is, to quote the American Heritage Dictionary, “A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them” — we are that. A common definition of “democracy” is, “Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives” — we are that, too.

The United States is not a direct democracy, in the sense of a country in which laws (and other government decisions) are made predominantly by majority vote. Some lawmaking is done this way, on the state and local levels, but it’s only a tiny fraction of all lawmaking. But we are a representative democracy, which is a form of democracy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/13/is-the-united-states-of-america-a-republic-or-a-democracy/?utm_term=.cb6d94c8a581

[Anonymous]

Representative republic