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We absolutely can afford health care, we spend more than twice anyone else, we merely structure our healthcare to be unaffordable.

Our doctors and surgeons are paid roughly double what they make in countries like Sweden. Who’s going to convince them to take a pay cut in USA?

Who convinces people in other industries that change? Big shifts affect blue collar and professional workers all the time.

When’s the last time we’ve moved an entire industry from private to public ownership