Oh just let them die then
by digby
And to think it only took passing health care reform to change people’s minds.
It’s one thing for people not to like the ACA. That’s fine. We’d expect a large minority to hate it simply because it’s a Democratic Party program. And, as we know, there are a whole lot of progressives and liberals who don’t like it because it seems like a very complicated and wasteful way to get more people covered when we know there are better methods out there.
But that’s not what the question is asking. The implicit question is whether people believe that all people are entitled to have health care. After all, there is no other mechanism but the government that can ensure that everyone is covered. People have decided that everyone is not entitled to coverage.
It’s not that they don’t understand that we are already paying for the uninsured through emergency room care or that people are going broke if they get sick or that those with pre-existing conditions can’t be covered at a reasonable cost unless we get everyone into the insurance pool. We’ve had a non-stop seminar on all of this since 2007 at least and none of it is beyond the average person’s comprehension. They know. They’ve decided against it.
Maybe they don’t fully accept the ramifications of their attitude, but this is basically it:
The old “there but for the grace of God go I” has been replaced by “let ’em die!”
h/t to RY