Thanks. I never understood why intelligent people, comparing for example the German to the US system can even blink and decide that the German system doesn’t work.

Yes, there is quite a bit to improve in the German system. No doubt there. But if I compare it to the abysmal situation in the richest country on this planet, I am left standing awestruck asking myself why. I really, genuinely cannot wrap my head around.

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duskdozer 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's largely not up to people. 59% of Americans support Medicare for All[1], including over 1 in 3 Republicans, but how many politicians even talk about it?

[1]https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabRepor... via https://truthout.org/articles/6-in-10-americans-back-medicar...

	▲	mrguyorama 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you vote republican, you do not "support medicare for all" no matter what you say to the poll. Your vote has consequences, and republicans have been voting for people who objectively and loudly tell their voters that they have no intention of doing those things. It's time for people who vote republican to own that they suck at picking who to vote for. Tons of them also say they want recreational weed, but it's only republicans working to prevent that in most states, often literally ignoring citizen's initiatives and court cases to accomplish that.

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mlrtime 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would take my insurance over public German healthcare in an instant. I would not trade.

Now maybe when I stop working that may be a different comparison. And its not like there is a choice, voting for a D doesn't magically get German healthcare.

	▲	lionkor 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's almost like healthcare and the well-being of people should be gasp a non partisan issue.