This is surprising, that no one has truly been able to answer the question. Yes it has part to do with health insurance buying out local politicians but it is even deeper than that. When Kucinich was against the bill and wanted certain concessions, this was exactly one of them. He introduced an amendment that would allow states to set up a single payer system in their own state. States already has the ability to do that, but health insurance corporations can sue the state if they tried to set up a single-payer system. The amendment would therefore block the health insurance corporations from suing the state. That’s why it hasn’t been done yet, because the states would be liable if they tried to set up a single payer system.
Thanks for the reply. I didn't know about Kucinich wanting that concession nor did I know about insurance companies being able to sue the state for setting up a health care system.
I knew I liked Kucinich for a reason.
