Surprise, surprise. People aren't interested in how to pay for things after all, even if they won't be the ones paying. They just don't want to hear, face, or deal with any of it. But they sure do want to have "a choice".
Except in their own households, when they will either a) go without and get/stay ill, or b) get treatment even if it will ruin the rest of their lives. That's a choice too, but one hell of a choice to have to face and make, all because they become unlucky.
In the meantime everyone else argues whether everyone else who is not in this position should have a choice and what form it should take, because somehow that is more important. The campaigning in this cycle surrounding healthcare, and really in the past decade, has been terrible.
Maybe someone will come up with a plan that actually does the right thing within the first two years of the administration (that isn't merit or choice based either: being unlucky should be "meritorious" enough, and being cornered to go without shouldn't be a choice), then circles back to handle the long-term choice/coverage migrations that everyone else is so worried about.
