When you really get down to it, it’s the people who vote against single-payer who are to blame. The insurance companies are acting in their own self-interest, and the politicians simply represent the people who voted for them.
What the research on oligarchy in America shows is that the interests of the wealthy become policy on a pretty reliable basis, but the interests of the general population typically only become policy when it does not conflict with the goals of the ownership class. This highlights that, while politicians may be responsive to their constituents at times, they are reliably responsive to the interests of their funders.
So you’re right that people that vote against the advancement of single payer and universal healthcare proposals are to blame for their ignorance; but it is also true that the for-profit healthcare industry is deeply entrenched and perpetuated across our socioeconomic system because it serves the interests of the ownership class.
When you really get down to it, it’s the people who vote against single-payer who are to blame. The insurance companies are acting in their own self-interest, and the politicians simply represent the people who voted for them.
Eh… Yes and no. The capital side of medicine wouldn’t be spending the big bucks to influence the media and politicians if it didn’t work.
Well, sort of.
What the research on oligarchy in America shows is that the interests of the wealthy become policy on a pretty reliable basis, but the interests of the general population typically only become policy when it does not conflict with the goals of the ownership class. This highlights that, while politicians may be responsive to their constituents at times, they are reliably responsive to the interests of their funders.
So you’re right that people that vote against the advancement of single payer and universal healthcare proposals are to blame for their ignorance; but it is also true that the for-profit healthcare industry is deeply entrenched and perpetuated across our socioeconomic system because it serves the interests of the ownership class.