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bmichaelh

(1,331 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 12:47 AM Yesterday

Majority of Americans support ending private health insurance

In a poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov, 52% supported ending private health insurance.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/private-health-insurance-plans

I suspect it would even be higher if MSM published some health care insurance horror stories.

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orleans

(37,507 posts)
2. i have thought about this for years and the only downside i can ever think of
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 02:52 AM
Yesterday

is all the jobs that would be lost.

Igel

(37,718 posts)
8. No, they'd just move into government jobs.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:15 AM
18 hrs ago

More job security and many would get pay raises.

Now, pensions and investments would take a serious hit, but those are all just Boomers and other wealth hoarders, I guess. (Signed, Boomer.)

GoodRaisin

(11,204 posts)
4. Costs of basic needs are on an unsustainable trajectory and pretty soon the dam
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 04:37 AM
23 hrs ago

is going to break.

raccoon

(32,507 posts)
5. But as we know, it isn't what the majority of Americans want, it's what the ruling class wants.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:32 AM
22 hrs ago

Unless non-ruling class people really pressure the hell out of the ruling class.

Martin68

(28,328 posts)
10. Single payer, government run health care is the only logical solution to runaway costs and inferior healthcare.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 09:17 PM
6 hrs ago

The US lags behind d every other developed country in affordable healthcare.

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