Newfound belief in government health care comes as some Republicans are getting ready to push for cutting government spending on health care programs such as Obamacare and Medicaid
Summary
A Gallup poll shows 62% of Americans now believe it is the government’s responsibility to ensure health care access—the highest level in over a decade.
Support for government involvement has grown among Republicans (32%) and independents (65%), while 90% of Democrats agree.
Despite increased approval of the Affordable Care Act (54%), Republicans, led by Donald Trump, may target Medicaid and ACA spending to fund $4 trillion in tax cuts.
Trump has offered vague healthcare plans but has not provided detailed proposals to replace the ACA.
In over a decade?? What were the numbers a decade ago when we had a PRESIDENT IN OFFICE WITH CONTROL OF CONGRESS WHO PROMISED AS A MAIN POINT HE RAN ON THAT WE WOULD HAVE UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE? What ever happened to that??
Of course it's the government's responsibility. It's impractical as a grass roots effort. What happens when multiple citizens accidentally engage with the same CEO? Sounds messy and awkward.
It seems like it could be simpler to exercise government to enforce fair standards and health care access.
Of course, I shouldn't jump to the conclusion that the remaining living healthcare CEOs will choose to cooperate with the due process of law, rather than live slightly more egregiously hedonisticly in fear for their lives.
Support for government involvement has grown among Republicans (32%)
This is why the "Most Americans Support {liberal policy X}" titles are such worthless fucking copium. Republicans control everything and they definitely don't believe that "it is the government’s responsibility to ensure health care access". And so the government will not be ensuring health care access - for anyone other than the government.
Conservative Politicians are popular and Progressive policies are popular.
Oh, god damn I hate the Muhammad Smith Paradox.
For those who don't know what I mean.
The most common first name in the world is Muhammad, primarily due to its religious significance in Arabic countries, but the most common surname in the world is Smith, due to many European people getting their last name from the profession of an ancestor and many jobs in the middle ages were one kind of "Smith" or another, and that gets a boost from African Americans who take their last names from the slave owners who bought their ancestors (God this world is fucked up)
But without given the context as to WHY these names are common, you would believe that most people are named "Muhammad Smith", when in reality, basically no one would have that as a name. (I believe I heard somewhere that the FBI automatically flags the name "Muhammad Smith" as an alias anytime they see it used due to the high unprobability of the name, but don't quote me on that. I think I read it on TV Tropes or something)
Basically it occurs when two things are true, but the implication of both things being true is false. In America; Progressive policies are popular with the common man because if enacted they would erase poverty almost overnight and most Americans are poor due to worsening wealth inequality.
Conservative politicians are popular because the Conservative brand is about putting on an air of masculinity and pretending to be a firebrand angry at [Insert Group Here] as opposed to actually having policy. As the real goal is to rob the country blind and scream "HE DID IT!" at whatever minority group is the current "Freak of the Week", in short. Republicans are Confidence Men and Americans like men who are confident.
If you didn't have specific details on the reason for the popularity of Progressive Policies and Conservative Politicians. Logic would dictate that Conservative politicians are popular because they pass progressive policy, which is obviously not the case.
Republicans once again are absolute shit heads. Can we just get rid of them? We could have so many nice things if these absolute disappointments weren't around.