The most annoying thing to me in the single-payer debate is all the conservatives yelling “IT’S NOT FREE!!!”.
Well, of course it’s not – it’s a strawman not even worthy of contempt.
Fire protection is not free. Police protection is not free. Public schools are not free. Public utilities are not free. The list goes on and on.
Would I switch my crappy coverage, high deductible, nearly $800 monthly premiums for Medicare and a couple hundred $$ monthly supplement? In a heartbeat.
In exactly the same way I might pay a private company to clean up fire damage, or a tutor to help my child through school, or a private detective if the police work didn’t satisfy me.
What’s disappointing to me is that business leaders – who have as much to gain and lose as anyone else – aren’t more aggressively in the forefront of the debate
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