Democratic Primaries

that wants to take away pre-existing conditions. The same public that backed the GOP to "get rid of Obamacare", many of whom didn't realise Obamacare was their loved ACA.

And you add to all that, Democratic voters who actually like their private healthcare policies, who are told you'll have to give up your favourite healthcare policy, to get this super dooper free public healthcare system.

If you can show overwhelming support for an M4A which ends private healthcare, where there is a Democratic President, a Dem House and a Dem Senate where they have over 60 seats, then you might start the conversation, but you better be ready for massive backlash from the private healthcare industry who will explain to their patients that they will now go in a public waiting list, for the healthcare they need today.

With the best will in the world, M4A would be great, but getting to there from here is way too much to get done. The boys at Pod Save America had a fantastic suggestion.

1. Fix the ACA (there's a bipartisan bill there to do it, but McConnell is blocking it currently)
2. Let the private healthcare stay in place, then it's easy to say to people "if you want to stay with your private policy. that's fine". This makes a lot of people happy (even though they may be paying more than they should - that's their choice).
3. Add a Public option by taking a copy of (iirc) Medicare.
4. Let people buy into this affordable Public Option, according to their means, even to the extent that the very poorest will be provided with it for free. You will pretty much be at 100% coverage at that point.
5. Properly fund that public option, so that it is seen to be an effective and affordable policy. Then over time, more people will be willing to join this, rather than private policies.
6. Lower prescription drug costs (in fact, where people are on certain drugs for life, either put them on a Long Term Disability scheme where they get the drugs for free), or have a scheme where most of the drug cost is covered by the government)

As for the Swedes, Danes and French, they pay a LOT of tax to pay for the services they get. It's important to compare apples to apples. It's hard enough to get Americans to pay the tax they DO pay.

As for the British, their NHS is creaking from underfunding by the Tory government (depending where you are, you could wait a week to see a doctor), and that's something to be way about in the US, if there was M4A. Every time the GOP get in, they'd look to cut M4A.