Why has there been such antagonism to the idea of Universal Healthcare here?

[Associate Justice PiT]

Basically, because the right-wing in this country is completely in the pocket of the insurance companies and they can manipulate a lot of uneducated and sometimes fanatical people into believing the most ridiculous logic. It borders on insanity.

The entire right-wing is in the pockets of the insurance companies? LMAO

     The entire right-wing (or close to it) in Congress is. That's more or less what matters, since the right-wing relies on them to set policy.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Basically, because the right-wing in this country is completely in the pocket of the insurance companies and they can manipulate a lot of uneducated and sometimes fanatical people into believing the most ridiculous logic. It borders on insanity.

The entire right-wing is in the pockets of the insurance companies? LMAO

     The entire right-wing (or close to it) in Congress is. That's more or less what matters, since the right-wing relies on them to set policy.

Just about all of Congress is in their pockets.

     Democrats tend to be in the pockets of the trial lawyers moreso, though I must admit that the final outcome of Obamacare seems to suggest that the Democrats love the health insurance industry too.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Basically, because the right-wing in this country is completely in the pocket of the insurance companies and they can manipulate a lot of uneducated and sometimes fanatical people into believing the most ridiculous logic. It borders on insanity.

The entire right-wing is in the pockets of the insurance companies? LMAO

     The entire right-wing (or close to it) in Congress is. That's more or less what matters, since the right-wing relies on them to set policy.

Just about all of Congress is in their pockets.

     Democrats tend to be in the pockets of the trial lawyers moreso, though I must admit that the final outcome of Obamacare seems to suggest that the Democrats love the health insurance industry too.

If the Democrats in general were in health insurance industry's pocket then you wouldn't have a majority of them fighting for a public option. The industry needs only a handful of them (Lieberman, Baucus, Lincoln) to undermine anything they don't like.

     I didn't explicitly agree that all of the Democrats were in the pocket of the health insurance industry. Just that they are not opposed to acting in the interests of the health insurance industry.