Since the turn of the 20th century there have been people calling for healthcare reform in the United States. Why did it take over a hundred years? In the United States, the major players would rather keep things the same than make a drastic change. Obama knew that many before him had failed miserably. So Obamacare builds on our current, privatized, for-profit health care system (that’s right, Obamacare is actually the opposite of socialized medicine). Our system has a lot of groups with a lot of benefits and most do not want to sacrifice them for universal care. To reform healthcare, you have to make changes, but not too many or else you won’t keep enough people happy.
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