Reply #10: I get sorta the same reaction [View All]

[supernova]

but more condescension from my sister and her family when I say that we need universal health care.

My sister, in her late 50s, is happily retired from an exec-level career at phone company (yes union). She has all kinds of insurance and had everything she needed a few years ago while being treated for breast cancer. My niece, her daughter, is an attorney and their practice has a good ins plan. What ins co in their right mind is going to screw over an entire business of lawyers? My niece's husband has worked for several years as a project manager for a commercial building firm that specializes in sterile environments. Again, no lack of work there.

Whenever I say that universal health care is a priority, I get silence. Or "gee that's nice, would you pass the butter?" They really. don't. get. it.