I don’t think this problem gets enough consideration:
All throughout the health care process progressives have found ourselves frustrated by the extent to which senior citizens—the beneficiaries of a liberal-style single-payer system—seem to have the most reactionary views on health reform. And now the voters of Massachusetts have thrown a major wrench into the works by electing a Senator who says not that health care should be left up to the tender mercies of the free market, but rather that since Massachusetts already has a universal health care system he doesn’t care about anyone else.
People tend to think if something is good for someone else it must be bad for them, maybe politicians need to do a better job of explaining why health reform would lower everyones cost and lead to better health for everyone.