All progressives are in it together? Is it a kind of exclusive club, or can anyone join?
That does seem to be what politics are all about.
If these things were not already apparent to you then I have to ask... What could force people who oppose UHC to change their mind faster than seeing their private insurance become too expensive for them to afford?
Private insurance has already become too expensive to afford. Either you work for an employer who provides insurance, you're old enough for Medicare, you're on welfare and dependent on Medicaid, you're very young and therefore someone that the for profits want to insure (exclusive of pre existing conditions, of course, and dependent on you not actually getting sick), or you can't afford insurance.
Well, maybe if you're Bill Gates, but he doesn't need insurance.
Which party would stand to benefit from skyrocketing costs of HC, the party offering UHC or the party offering more of the "free" market system that's been blamed for the skyrocketing costs?
Why, the party offering "free market" solutions, of course, the same party that did nothing to use the free market to rein in health care costs when they were in power. That is the party that is not in power, and wants power, so any crisis is good for them.
And heaven forbid either party comes up with a solution that actually works, as the other party doesn't want their opponent to get the credit for anything.
