Look, I consider myself a conservative of a kind and Medicare for all, or a National Health Service/Welfare System seems to me to be part of the basis for a modern, civilised society.
It doesn't change other things, but it does bring health within the ægis of civil service/governmental departments, and that governance is therefore subject to voters, not shareholders. (I am making a distinction here which may not be obvious to everyone, even though you and others will assume this.) Structurally it assumes the health of the nation and its constituents are a vital part of the infrastructure of the nation. This is definitely true in wartime, why not in peacetime?
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Date: 5/12/19 20:30 (UTC)It doesn't change other things, but it does bring health within the ægis of civil service/governmental departments, and that governance is therefore subject to voters, not shareholders. (I am making a distinction here which may not be obvious to everyone, even though you and others will assume this.) Structurally it assumes the health of the nation and its constituents are a vital part of the infrastructure of the nation. This is definitely true in wartime, why not in peacetime?