Isn't Medicare and Medicaid the most popular health insurances formats still? According to a Gallup in 2015, they ranked higher in personal satisfaction compared to private insurance (
1). You're right about corruption and money in politics screwing people over, that's why there needs to be reform in those areas too. The majority of the American population now supports healthcare reform and a single payer/medicare for all system (
2).
People are sick and tired of paying insane prices for poor services. A recent article in the Journal of The American Medical Association from march this year found that the US pays twice the amount for healthcare compared to other high-income countries. With worse outcomes (
3). The conclusion reads: "
The United States spent approximately twice as much as other high-income countries on medical care, yet utilization rates in the United States were largely similar to those in other nations. Prices of labor and goods, including pharmaceuticals, and administrative costs appeared to be the major drivers of the difference in overall cost between the United States and other high-income countries.". Private insurance has the power to push prices to whatever they feel like.
Add to that 28 million uninsured and tens of thousands dying each year because of lack of health insurance (
4) AND that medical bankruptcy is one of the leading causes of bankrupcty in the country (
5). Something needs to be done mate, your system sucks and the health care costs keeps rising.
