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Umgca wokuqala wokhathalelo lwempilo lweDemocratic Party iqonga ifundeka, "Iidemokhrasi ziye zalwela ukufezekisa ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele kwinkulungwane." Ngokucacileyo, oko akuyonyaniso. Ayililo ibango leQela emva kwezivakalisi ezimbalwa zokuba iiDemokhrasi "ngokusisiseko zikholelwa ukuba ukhathalelo lwempilo lilungelo lomntu wonke." I-Medicare kubo bonke ngumgaqo-nkqubo omnye kwiNkongolo oqinisekisa ukhathalelo lwempilo kubo bonke, simahla kwindawo yenkonzo, akukho zithintelo zeendleko-kodwa ayinalo ithuba lokudlula le Nkongolo yeDemokhrasi okanye yokusayinwa nguJoe Biden. Ngaphantsi ngaphezu kwesiqingatha Iidemokhrasi zeSenate zixhasa iMedicare for All, kunye neBiden uyayichasa ngokuphandle. Ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele, lolo hlobo lubonelelwa ngamanye amazwe amaninzi, lusetafileni, kodwa kude nokululwela, uninzi lweeDemokhrasi luyayichasa. Siyazi ukuba inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo yenzuzo ayinakufumana wonke umntu ukhathalelo aludingayo, kodwa endaweni yokuzama ukuyidiliza kwaye endaweni yayo ngenkqubo esebenzayo, ukuzibophelela kweDemocratic Party ngxelo yokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele endaweni yenyani.

Amabinzana athi "ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele" kunye "nokhathalelo lwempilo lilungelo" ahlala esetyenziswa ngokutshintshanayo kwipolitiki yeDemokhrasi ngamabinzana athi "ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele. Ukufihla"Kwaye"ngexabiso ukhathalelo lwempilo lilungelo.” Kodwa impilo jikelele inshorensi ayilokhathalelo lwehlabathi jikelele—ngenxa nje yokuba umntu une-inshorensi, ayithethi ukuba unemali yezavenge, iintlawulo ezihlawulwayo, ezitsalwayo, i-inshorensi ehlangeneyo, kunye namatyala angalindelekanga. Akukhathaliseki nokuba umntu “ugqunyiwe,” ibalulekile ukuba luhlobo luni lokhuselo analo—amava akhe okwenene okhathalelo. Kwaye "ilungelo" lokwenyani akufanele libe nalo naluphi na uhlobo lomqobo weendleko kuzo zonke-ilungelo lemfundo yoluntu, umzekelo, liya kujongelwa phantsi sisindululo sokuhlawulisa iifizi ezivavanywayo kubafundi besikolo samabanga aphantsi. Amalungelo zizinto ozifumana simahla, ngaphandle kwesiqinisekiso.

IDemocratic urhwebo isicwangciso sokhathalelo lwempilo sigxininisa imfuneko yesimilo sokufumana wonke umntu ukhathalelo alufunayo. Idemokhrasi inkqubo, ngakolunye uhlangothi, alukho malunga nobulungisa bezempilo okanye ukhathalelo lwendalo yonke. Imalunga nokukhenkceza emacaleni enkqubo ye-patchwork ethambileyo ethintela abantu ekufumaneni ukhathalelo, incamathele abantu ngamatyala amakhulu, inetha imali kwiinkampani zeinshorensi, kwaye ikhathalele iBig Pharma etyebileyo, i-inshorensi, kunye nabaxhasi bezibhedlele zabucala. Abavoti balindeleke ukuba bangawuboni umahluko phakathi kweenjongo ezixeliweyo kunye nezona zindululo.

Akunzima ukufumana imizekelo yentengiso engenanto yokuziphatha kukhathalelo lwempilo ngaphakathi kweDemocratic Party. Umzuzu omnye obethayo wafika kwingxoxo yesibini kaMongameli Biden kunye noDonald Trump. Biden wathi, “Ndicinga ukuba ukhathalelo lwempilo asilolungelo, lilungelo. Wonke umntu kufuneka abe nelungelo lokufumana unyango olufikelelekayo. ” Okokuqala, uBiden uthi ukhathalelo lwempilo lilungelo, ukwamkela ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele njengophawu. Kodwa isivakalisi esilandelayo sithoba inkcazo yokuqala. UBiden ngoku uthi "ilungelo" kukhathalelo "olufikelelekayo", hayi nje ilungelo lokhathalelo esiludingayo sonke. Ingaba yin ngexabiso ngokwenene kuthetha? Ukuba unyango lwakho lufuna ukuba uthathe imali-mboleko yesibini, kwaye lubandakanya uthethathethwano olungenasiphelo kunye nenkampani yakho yeinshurensi, kodwa ngokwezobuchwepheshe "unakho ukuyifikelela", ngaba siyisombululile ingxaki yezempilo? Olu hlobo lokutyibilika luxhaphakile kwintetho yeDemokhrasi eyicentrist. Ilungelo elisisiseko liya kuvunyelwa, lize lifaneleke ngegama elithi “ixabiso elifikelelekayo” okanye “elinokufikeleleka.”

Enye injongo ye-obfucation kukwenza kube nzima kakhulu kubavoti ukukhetha umgqatswa onokuthi akhethe ntoni ukuxhasa ngokwenene ukhathalelo lwempilo kubo bonke. Kwiiprimaries zeDemokhrasi, wonke umgqatswa uya kuthi unesicwangciso sakhe sokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele (ewe, yeyona nto ilungileyo ukuyenza!). I-Medicare for All inikezelwa ngabachasi bayo, iipundits, kunye neentatheli njengenye ukhetho ukufezekisa ukhathalelo lwehlabathi jikelele, kunye ne-hodgepodge "yokomeleza" i-Affordable Care Act (ACA), ukhetho loluntu, ukwandisa i-Medicaid, izibonelelo ezininzi kwii-inshurensi zabucala, njl. Ukhathalelo lwezempilo kuba bonke bathi bafuna iindlela ezahlukeneyo ukuya kwisiphelo esinye. Biden wathi ukuba yena noBernie Sanders babelane nenjongo "yokufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele" kwaye ngokulula "abavumelani kwiinkcukacha zendlela esiyenza ngayo. Kodwa asiphikisani nalo mgaqo.” Abazange bavumelane, nangona kunjalo, kuba mnye kuphela owayeneqonga lomgaqo-nkqubo ukuxhasa uphawu. Abavoti, nangona kunjalo, bamiselwe ukuba babe nexesha elinzima lokuxelela umahluko ukuba nje amagama omgqatswa ngamnye aphantse afane, kwaye umahluko obalulekileyo ufunyanwa kwimiqolomba efihlakeleyo kunye nabafanelekela ukufanela.

Iqonga lezempilo le-Biden elingelilo lonke ilizwe lalilunge kakhulu ukuba libe yinyani. Elona candelo likhulu lomgaqo-nkqubo wokhathalelo lwempilo phantsi kolawulo lwe-Biden ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ibe kukugqithiselwa okukhulu kwemali yoluntu kwii-inshurensi zabucala kwi-America Rescue Plan (ARP) ngoMatshi. Kwi- udliwanondlebe Kungekudala emva kokuba i-bill idlulile, uMehdi Hasan wabuza uMcebisi oMkhulu we-White House uCedric Richmond ukuba kutheni i-ARP ichithe iibhiliyoni kwiinkxaso-mali zexesha elifutshane kwiinkampani ze-inshurensi zabucala-kwizinto ezinjengeenyanga ezintandathu zeCOBRA kubantu abalahlekelwe yimisebenzi-endaweni yokutyala imali kwi-universal. ukhathalelo lwempilo. U-Richmond akazange ayiqonde imbono ka-Hasan ebheke ngasekhohlo, wazithethelela, kwaye wathi “andizukubeka ixabiso kubomi...andizukubeka ithegi kumfazi ofumanisa ukuba unamanqanaba okuqala omhlaza wamabele.” I-Richmond yenze ngempazamo elona tyala lokuhlawula umntu omnye. UHasan wacacisa, esithi unqwenela ukuba iiDemokhrasi zichithe imali engaphezulu kukhathalelo lwempilo, ngokukodwa inkqubo kawonke-wonke efana ne-Medicare for All endaweni yokunika i-inshurensi. Ekhathazekile, uRichmond waphendula wathi, “Ewe, khumbula, le yimpendulo kubhubhane. Ukuba besingenayo i-COVID-19, ubungenakusibona sisenza olo lwabiwo lwe-COBRA. Ke, kusenokwenzeka ukuba sisondele kwinto enye. ” “Ukungabubeki ixabiso lobomi” kubonakala ukuba leloxesha elilinganiselweyo kuphela. Emva koko, kubuyela ekungakhathali.

Utshintshiselwano olufana nolu lubonisa umsantsa phakathi kokuthengisa kunye neenjongo-ulwimi lokuthengisa lokuziphatha lwamalungelo kunye nenkathalo xa kuthelekiswa nemigaqo-nkqubo ephakamisa imeko yenkqubo yezempilo yabucala ebulala amashumi amawaka abantu ngonyaka, kwaye ibangela abaninzi ngakumbi ukuba bahlupheke bezama ukubonelela. iyeza, ukuncama ukhathalelo, kunye nokutshona phantsi kweendleko zonyango. I-Richmond yenza ityala lokhathalelo lwempilo ngokubanzi, kodwa kunyanzelekile ukuba ibuye umva ngokupheleleyo xa icelwa umngeni kumgaqo-nkqubo.

Ngoku uMongameli uBiden uphindaphindeka kabini kule nkxaso-mali yabucala ye-inshurensi egxile kumgaqo-nkqubo wezempilo. Kwi cetywayo I-American Families Plan, umgaqo-nkqubo wokhathalelo lwempilo ongundoqo uxhasa i-inshurensi yabucala ukwenza iintlawulo ze-inshorensi zingabizi kakhulu kubantu abathenga i-inshurensi kutshintshiselwano lwe-ACA. Nangona kunjalo, kwixesha elide Cinezela ukukhululwa kwenye yeepakethe ezinkulu zowiso-mthetho zikaBiden, i-White House ithi ibinzana eliqhelekileyo, "Ukhathalelo lwezempilo kufuneka lube lilungelo, hayi ilungelo." "Ilungelo" oza kufuneka uhlawule ipremiyamu yakho, iintlawulo ezidibeneyo, iimali ezitsalwayo, i-inshorensi ehlangeneyo, kunye namatyala amangalisayo ukuze uwafumane.

Konke oku ilungile kunye nokuqinisa "i-hypernormalization" kwezopolitiko zethu. I-Hypernormalization, igama eliqulunqwe yi-anthropologist u-Alexei Yurchak, yi-surreal, ukwamkelwa okufanayo kwenguqu yobuxoki yenyani kunye neengcamango ezibangela ukuba loo nyaniso yobuxoki. “Ukhathalelo lwempilo kumntu wonke,” “ukhathalelo lwempilo lilungelo lomntu,” “isicwangciso sam sokhathalelo lwempilo kwihlabathi liphela”—oosopolitiki batsho kodwa wonke umntu uyazi ukuba yifacade. Abezopolitiko abaphambili beDemokhrasi bayazi ukuba abananjongo yokumisela umgaqo-nkqubo wezempilo jikelele. Amajelo eendaba ayayazi, nawo, okwangoku ndiyaphinda ingqungquthela efanayo neenkokheli zeDemokhrasi. Kwaye abavoti bokuqala beDemokhrasi kufuneka bayazi, kuba babonile ukuba ukunyula iiDemokhrasi akubafumani imigaqo-nkqubo yezempilo efunwa ngabavoti beDemokhrasi. Kodwa abaninzi bayayamkela inyani yobuxoki yokuba iiDemokhrasi liqela elifuna ukufumana wonke umntu ukhathalelo lwezempilo, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba enye indlela imfiliba kakhulu ukuba ingayamkela.

Nabanye abaxhasi be-Medicare for All bayaqinisekisa ukuba babonisa ukuba injongo yabo yokwenyani ayinakuba ngumhlawuli omnye. Kuqhelekile ukwamkelwa ngakwesobunxele ukuba kukho abaxhasi be-Medicare kubo bonke abancinci kunabaxhasi bephepha-abademokhrasi abangazange bathethelele umhlawuli omnye, abanyanzeliswa ukuba baxoxe ngayo kwirekhodi, kwaye mhlawumbi babeke kuphela amagama akulo mthetho ukuphepha ukugqatswa ngasekhohlo kukhuphiswano lwamabanga aphantsi. Ngapha koko, okumangalisayo 87% Abavoti beDemokhrasi bafuna iMedicare for All. Ukuba abezopolitiko beDemokhrasi bebebonisa intando yabavoti babo, i-Medicare for All iya kuba ngumthetho wase-US ngoku. 

Nangona kunjalo iidemokhrasi kwiCongress azikwazi nokuhlangana ukuze ziphinde zikhulise kwaye ziphucule iMedicare ekhoyo. Ikhulu elinamashumi amahlanu anesithandathu i-Democratic House Reps kunye ne-17 ye-Democratic Senators sayinwe iileta eziya ku-Biden zimbongoza ukuba athobe iminyaka yokufaneleka kwe-Medicare ukuya kubuncinci be-60 kwaye andise i-Medicare ukugubungela amazinyo, umbono, kunye nokhathalelo lokuva nge-American Families Plan. Ulawulo lwe-Biden alukhange lubonakalise umdla kula manyathelo mabini anyukayo, kwaye aluzange luvumele ingxoxo yokhetho loluntu ukubona ukukhanya kwemini, ngaphandle kweBiden. phulo kuzo zontathu iipolisi kunyaka ophelileyo. Iidemokhrasi ezingama-99 kwiCongress ezingazityikityanga ezi leta kufuneka zibone ukwanda okuncinci koluntu kukhathalelo lwezempilo njengogqithise kakhulu kubaxhasi babo, kakhulu isoyikiso kwinkqubo yangoku, okanye bahlala bethe cwaka ukuze bangacaphukisi nabani na kwi-White House. .

Ezi Democrats zinokuba nombono ofanayo kwi-Medicare njengoSomlomo weNdlu UNancy Pelosi, owathi kwi udliwanondlebe ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, “Andingomlandeli omkhulu we-Medicare for All. Ndiyayamkela ingxoxo, ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sibe nokhathalelo lwempilo kumntu wonke. Ndicinga ukuba i-Affordable Care Act inzuzo ingcono kunenzuzo ye-Medicare. " Le yintsomi yokhathalelo lwempilo yeDemokhrasi. Ngokucacileyo ayikho ngcono, kodwa isithi ivumela iiDemokhrasi ezinjengoPelosi ukuba zenze ngathi zifezekise isithembiso sokhathalelo lwehlabathi. Ngapha koko, kufanele ukuba sikhathazeke kakhulu yile nto ithethwa nguPelosi apha, kuba ngokucebisa ukuba i-inshurensi yabucala exhaswa ngemali "ingcono kunenzuzo yeMedicare" uvula ithuba elothusayo lokuba aqhubeke nokwenza izinto zabucala. ekhoyo I-Medicare ayinakuba yinto embi.

Ku kutshanje Qhekeza ukwenzela i IRiphabhliki entsha, U-Alex Pareene uphonononga indlela iQela leDemokhrasi elinokuthi liqalise ngayo, kwaye mhlawumbi lifuna, liqalise ukutyala imali kwiintengiso ezahlukeneyo, imiyalezo, kunye nezicwangciso zeendaba ukuze zihambelane nokusetyenziswa okusebenzayo kwe-GOP kwepropaganda ukuphumelela unyulo. Equkumbeleni, walatha kwesinye isizathu sokuba iiDemokhrasi zisenokungakwenzi oko: “Abaxhasi bazo basenokukhetha ukubhala ipropaganda exhasa ngokubanzi ubukhapitali benkululeko endaweni yokuqhubela phambili ngokuthe ngqo.” Oku kufikelela kundoqo wengxaki. Iidemokhrasi zisebenzisa ipropaganda, kodwa ubukhulu becala kuphela ukukhusela inkunzi kunye nenyani "uphawu lwesidima," okt ukuphakamisa ukuba iQela likholelwa kwinjongo yokuziphatha enesidima yokhathalelo lwempilo lwehlabathi nokuba iyayenza na. Iinkampani ze-inshorensi yezempilo kunye ne-Big Pharma azikhathali ukuba iiDemokhrasi zithi "ukhathalelo lwempilo lilungelo" lonyulo, ezopolitiko, okanye iinzuzo zokuziphatha-ukuba nje ezo Democrats zingayixhasi loo nto ngokuthethelela umbhatali omnye.

Ngoko, oku kusishiya phi? Njengabavoti, siyacelwa ukuba siziqhelanise nokunciphisa umonakalo ngokuxhasa iqela lezopolitiko eliza kugcina imeko ebulalayo ekhoyo kwinkqubo yethu yezempilo yabucala. Njengabantu, sinyanzelekile ukuba sinyamezele ukubandezeleka ngokwasemzimbeni, unxunguphalo lwengqondo, iingxaki zempilo, kunye nobunzima bemali obugqubayo kule nkqubo. Njengelizwe, sisele sinabathetheleli abambalwa abaphezulu beenkqubo zentlalo jikelele kunye nokhuseleko lwawona malungelo oluntu asisiseko. Kubalulekile ukubuza kungekuphela nje ukungaphumeleli komgaqo-nkqubo weDemocratic Party kunye nolwimi olusetyenziselwa ukufihla iinjongo zeqela, kodwa kunye neengxabano zokuziphatha ezingundoqo kule propaganda. De iinjongo zeDemocratic Party zitshintshe kumgaqo-nkqubo wokhathalelo lwempilo, okanye utshintsho olukhulu lwezopolitiko okanye lwentlalo lunyanzela utshintsho, uluntu lugwetyelwe kwinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo yabucala ngelixa iiDemokhrasi eziphezulu ziphindaphinda ibinzana elingenantsingiselo ngoku elithi "ukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele" ngokuphindaphindiweyo. . Nanini na xa sisiva le nto, kufuneka sifune ukwazi: wenza ntoni kuthetha “ngokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele”? Impendulo ihlala ijika ibe "yinto engeyiyo yokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele." Asinakukwazi ukuyinyamezela loo nto.

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