And I have a very hard time even trying to explain that attitude to people over here in Australia. It just doesn't register anymore than it would for Police or Fire.
Setting aside the ethics, this attitude doesn't even make sense on its own because very few people actually pay for their own healthcare costs in the U.S., they use insurance through their work, and that is all subsidized by the government anyways because unlike other compensation you get it has a tax break instead of being taxed as your other income.
IMO, it's just a complete takeover of the legislature on this issue by insurance lobbyists and certain sectors of healthcare, but they managed to get the original laws written so that any change looks like some kind of benefit, even though it's already being subsidized, it's just the businesses and insurance companies that get the subsidy and not the tax payer.
Setting aside the ethics, this attitude doesn't even make sense on its own because very few people actually pay for their own healthcare costs in the U.S., they use insurance through their work, and that is all subsidized by the government anyways because unlike other compensation you get it has a tax break instead of being taxed as your other income.
IMO, it's just a complete takeover of the legislature on this issue by insurance lobbyists and certain sectors of healthcare, but they managed to get the original laws written so that any change looks like some kind of benefit, even though it's already being subsidized, it's just the businesses and insurance companies that get the subsidy and not the tax payer.