General Discussion

We had salary limits placed to help the war effort. So companies offered health care to lure and keep the best workers.

Post WW2, Europe was ravaged by the war and rebuilt from rubble with a single payer system as they rebuilt hospitals and all other health from the rubble.

I blame the lobbying and buying off of politicians to keep health insurance a for profit industry.
I blame the sexism that derailed Clinton attempt because of 'uppity Hillary'.

I blame the lobbyists and Lieberman for tanking (after cashing the checks) buying into Medicare early which was the first logical step to one payer system. They could keep lowering the age until everyone is covered.

I blame citizens united which allowed those insurance companies to slander Obamacare because it threatened their profits.

My wife says insurance companies, all of them health, auto, and home, are the root cause of must of Americans problems. They privatize profits and socialize losses and discriminate based on red lines, poor parts of town, etc.

But mostly I blame greed and politicians willing to take bribes, both the legal and illegal kind to preserve the billionaire overlords.