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Well I suppose "Just give up and let the conservatives ruin this thing I like and want and is objectively a societal good" is, in fact, an unpopular opinion!
Respectfully, this is why we can't have an actual conversation about healthcare in this country. What's objectively a societal good? Medicine? Sure, but I'm not proposing that we stop practicing medicine. Universal access to healthcare, free at the point of delivery? Also good, and a feature of most healthcare systems in the developed world. The specific funding model where the government runs the entire healthcare system through taxation?
I dunno, seems like it gives good, but not great, results, terrible staff morale, and a permanent state of crisis.