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nationalized health care would be an amazing help to the american working class. but it would also meet with a firestorm of resistance because you would basically be taking money out of the pockets of commercial healthcare systems that are worth billions of dollars.
the people who are making all the money from healthcare have the influence to prevent something that would be taht helpful to the rest of us. there is no way they are going to freely give up the ability to sell you an asprin for $10 just because you are in a hospital.
there are many doctors who would go for it, but there would also have to be provisions to help them pay off their college loans since it would be a huge cut into their salaries as well. to become a practicing physician in this country costs easily half a mill, even more if it is a highly prestigious school.
it really isn't a republican or democrat that prevents it from happening. you will note that the republicans campaign against it, while the democrats campaign for it. in the end of the day neither side has ever proposed anything to move this idea forward.
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