Psychology of the Healthcare Debate

I think I finally figured out why many Americans are so up in arms against the public healthcare plan. There are two psychological forces at work. The first is loss aversion, and the second is the Little Red Hen. People who have been putting their money into health insurance all their lives are afraid that they will lose something that, in spite of all its faults, they are already invested in. The Little Red Hen planted the wheat, without any help from the other animals although she asked for help, then harvested it, threshed it and ground it into flour, again on her own. She baked it into fresh bread whose odor attracted all the other animals, who suddenly took an interest in what she was doing. She pointed out to them that she had done the work all on her ow, and then she ate the bread all on her own. I think this story expresses a basic human sentiment of right and wrong. These people who have been paying into health insurance all their lives don't want the others, who have not put in that money, to benefit. If I'm right, this will be a transitory sentiment that will go away once the public healthcare plan has been set in motion. I think all this talk about tax worries is fluff, hiding unconscious Little Red Hen motivation. Dante thinks I am being too cynical.