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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get it either OP. Our taxes already pay for the most expensive people to have healthcare (old people and disabled people) so what's the big deal offering it to us relatively healthly folks too?[/quote]

One “big deal” is that many people stay in toxic job situations to maintain health care coverage for themselves and their families— particularly if pre-existing conditions are an issue.  So some corporate powers may not like this.  Others — whose business plan includes having massive numbers of low paid employees on Medicaid and even food stamps might be fine with it.

Another big deal is that some people— many receiving publicly funded benefits of many kinds themselves— don’t want “others” to “leech off the public teat” or something, something.

Decades of effective propaganda.  Just mumble “communist” or “socialist “ and that’s enough for some people to be vehemently against it. Yes, folks, even those people who enjoy using interstate highways, national parks, and taking advantage of mortgage deductions.

It would be so much cheaper to have basic medical coverage for everyone— with additional private coverage for people who want it.
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