Wait, you’re telling me the American people have an unfavorable view of a healthcare system that costs significantly more than that of any other OECD nation, while having some of the worst healthcare outcomes? Bizarre.

That’s because the American health care system is by and large run as a for-profit enterprise, and that kind of thing as we well know always eventually devolves into a race to the bottom to maximize profits at the expense of everything else until it collapses.

But in this case, “at the expense of everything else” is not churning out lousy hamburgers or making gaming keyboards that break 2 days out of warranty. Rather, people don’t receive competent health care, don’t receive care soon enough, or just don’t receive care at all and in some cases die. All for a buck.

I know that’s not necessarily the correlation the article is trying to make with its survey, but I’ll bet you a nickel it’s the majority of the root cause of the outcome in any case.

Me and my thousands of dollars of medical debt find this highly shocking!

Fifty-three percent of respondents hold a “very or somewhat” unfavorable view of the system, while 40 percent hold a “very or somewhat” favorable view.

I swear to God, you could ask “Do you enjoy being hit in the face with a hammer?” in a poll and 30% - 50% of my countrymen would answer “yes”. At least one third of this country lives in a completely different reality.

In other obvious news: Most Americans hold an unfavorable view of child murderers and rapists

And a portion of those happily vote to keep it that way.

Well, I can tell you that the ultra-neoliberal parties funded by rich americans in other countries just loooove the American Healthcare Model and detest National Healthcare Systems.

And yet they keep voting for people who support the status quo

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