You have left out one of the main reasons why the United States doesn't have Universal Healthcare: racism. This NY Times article provides a good explanation of the history behind the issue: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/universal-health-care-racism.html. There are many people today, many of whom would personally benefit from Universal Healthcare, who would never vote for Universal Healthcare because it would benefit people who are not white. Racism has helped to create so many of the backward and harmful systems that exist in this country.
Your point reminds me of Heather McGhee’s excellent book, The Sum of Us, in which she shows that racism hurts everyone—white people too. In so many cases, people vote against public good that they have benefited from, because they want to deny them to Black people.
You have left out one of the main reasons why the United States doesn't have Universal Healthcare: racism. This NY Times article provides a good explanation of the history behind the issue: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/universal-health-care-racism.html. There are many people today, many of whom would personally benefit from Universal Healthcare, who would never vote for Universal Healthcare because it would benefit people who are not white. Racism has helped to create so many of the backward and harmful systems that exist in this country.
Your point reminds me of Heather McGhee’s excellent book, The Sum of Us, in which she shows that racism hurts everyone—white people too. In so many cases, people vote against public good that they have benefited from, because they want to deny them to Black people.