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JI7

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9. dumb ass voters that easily believe right wing lies

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:11 AM

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Who do you blame for no universal health care in the first place? I blame all the people against it. [View all] RoeVWade Dec 5 OP

Because the people the GOP hate might get to see a doctor when they are sick. Irish_Dem Dec 5 #1

Blame the circumstances of WW2 JT45242 Dec 5 #2

pretty much nailed them all. Sadly.... CurtEastPoint Dec 5 #3

We need major election reform if we're ever going to wrest control of our government from corporate interests. CrispyQ Dec 5 #8

You did miss one group of people dugog55 Dec 5 #25

The US has the most expensive health care in the world and the lowest life expectancies of the industrialized nations... surfered Dec 5 #4

Rotting carcasses Joe Lieberman (Dino) and Orrin Hatch (R) Submariner Dec 5 #5

It was centrists who denied us the public option Emile Dec 5 #6

Propaganda works Keepthesoulalive Dec 5 #7

dumb ass voters that easily believe right wing lies JI7 Dec 5 #9

Being in the Medacare system has led me to one answer randr Dec 5 #10

The ACA was supposed to have included a public option and Democratic senators opposed it question everything Dec 5 #11

The Centrist Extremist coalition are keeping Emile Dec 5 #13

Think most businesses would love to get out of providing health insurance nowadays, but they know they will be taxed Silent Type Dec 5 #20

Another legacy of Joe Lieberman... kirby Dec 5 #30

I blame all the moneyed interests that are against it. Basso8vb Dec 5 #12

RAPEubliCONS SheltieLover Dec 5 #14

Insurance corporations NameAlreadyTaken Dec 5 #15

People for it aren't fighting hard for it either Kaleva Dec 5 #16

So we have to pay the people we vote for to do the right thing Emile Dec 5 #35

Totally agree. But since inception of Medicare, private insurers have been involved if only administering Silent Type Dec 5 #17

Joe Lieberman MaineBlueBear Dec 5 #18

Because MAGA Republicans do not want the rich to pay the same rate in taxes... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 5 #19

The reason? EEEK!! It's SOCIALISM!! Ping Tung Dec 5 #21

I blame a propaganda system that routinely convinces people Voltaire2 Dec 5 #22

that guy who got shot for one prodigitalson Dec 5 #23

🏆 Think. Again. Dec 5 #26

Southern politicians in the 1940's and 1950's who were aghast at the thought that ... dawg Dec 5 #24

The insurance industry that bribes politicians through "lobbyists". Think. Again. Dec 5 #27

It is those 'middlemen' who have lobbied hard... pandr32 Dec 5 #28

The death of the public county hospitals UpInArms Dec 5 #29

Ted Kennedy championed Universal Healthcare for decades. He felt it was a human right. Greybnk48 Dec 5 #31

I suspect many legislators are invested, and/or DJ Synikus Makisimus Dec 5 #32

The "pro-business party" moondust Dec 5 #33

Here's a different source to blame - the US history of employer provided health insurance karynnj Dec 5 #34

I blame politicians. nt Autumn Dec 5 #36