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(111,279 posts)If the idea of universal healthcare fails at the ballot box among Democrats, then I fail to see where it is going to catch on among conservatives. We can jump and shout about healthcare until high noon, but until proof is provided that a new healthcare system can be constructed that is more cost-efficient than the current system, doesn't ration healthcare, and that minimizes government's role in healthcare, then the idea of universal healthcare is beyond the "sell by" date for most voters.
As a Republican coworker once told me, the Democrats may have good intentions with their plans but the end results don't always jibe with those intentions. Americans by their very nature do not trust government--Democrats don't trust Republicans when they are in charge and vice versa. Democrats can't agree among themselves when two or three options are presented; meanwhile, Republicans don't present any options whatsoever and aren't even willing to accept the status quo as evidenced by the repeated attempts to nullify the Affordable Care Act.