It's great when a quote is taken out of context, and then you look at the context, and it's even worse.
"She cosponsored legislation to abolish very popular private health insurance, which 150 [million] Americans rely on, dumping everyone onto inferior socialist government run health care systems with rationing and deadly wait times, while massively raising your taxes. She wants to take away your private health care."
As if 150M Americans have a real choice in private insurance, or that the bureaucracy of the system doesn't already result in rationing and deadly wait times.
As a side note, Project 2025 does something similar with cars. Something to the effect of "Americans overwhelmingly prefer cars" to justify ignoring bikes or public transit projects, again as if there was a real choice being offered.
I pay my portion of my health coverage at a little under 20% of my paycheck for a family plan. That is technically half since my employer pays a portion as well. If taxes would be raised to that point or even less than what I am paying now I would not care in the slightest. Hell I would welcome it. If it is more I would be a little more upset but if I do t have to pay co pays or the other crap a medical bill generates like the portion my health coverage doesn't pay than in my eyes it again balances out.
Nothing so clearly states that they want to withhold human decency from people. They want people to suffer financially and physically if they don’t conform to the Republican hierarchy. Even then, there are those that must suffer, because suffering is good, to reinforce the conservative mock-piety to their Supply Side Jesus.
He's trying to appeal to the "fuck you I got mine" crowd. If the peons get healthcare it's going to erode the quality of yours! More waiting! Less quality! Less privilege! Some poor person deserves the same respect and basic human dignity as you? Gross!
Of course most his supporters are borderline poor and it would transform their lives to have guaranteed healthcare, but they're looking ahead to the fanciful days they're millionaires just like trump.
If I already have health care can I get two health cares? Jkjk what I'd really like it's affordable healthcare. I'm spending a good chunk of money on something I've very rarely used so far.
I hate to break it to everyone but she does not currently support single payer nor will her presidency push for it. (At least, that's the message they're putting out right now.)
Never forget that everything Trump says is a lie, even if it's one you want to believe.
That said, I think it would be easier to drag her into it than Biden.
Wendell Potter spent decades scaring Americans. About Canada. He worked for the health insurance industry, and he knew that if Americans understood Canadian-style health care, they might.... like it. So he helped deploy an industry playbook for protecting the health insurance agency.
How absolutely terrifying. I can't imagine getting my basic human rights without some rich asshole denying them while taking my money to buy another yacht.
The rationing healthcare we have in Canada is so terrible!
I'd totally rather have a healthcare system based on extorting the weak and sick as much as possible. Our healthcare right now is way too ineffective at making public corporations and private equity money. Our government should make it a super priority to group up with the oligarchs like grocery empire Loblaws, the big 6 banks, Irving Oil, and all our American billionaire friends to intentionally short-change our healthcare system then buy it on the cheap!