> Most americans are happy with their employee health plan. Why would they go on strike?
I'm not sure if your claim about most Americans being happy with their healthcare is right or wrong, but that doesn't mean it can't be significantly improved nor that it compares that well internationally:
Personally I'd choose the Swedish system over the American system any day. The US healthcare system is probably one of the main things giving me pause about moving back to the US actually.
edit: Americans perception of their healthcare is kind of interesting actually:
The US has long spent much more per capita than the rest of the world and has had worse outcomes than most (all?) comparable nations. Americans are good at rationalizing away this sort of thing ("we can't have better healthcare because we're fat"), but that's always just seemed to me a psychological defense mechanism more than a rational argument.
But yeah I guess you're right that Americans probably won't go on strike because they're happy enough. I can't really understand why they're happy enough, but I guess they are.
I don't know anyone who is "happy" with their employee health plan - some are ambivalent and think it's good enough compared with available alternatives, and some deeply hate theirs. But I cannot think of a single case of someone speaking positively about their insurance company.
