re: Why can't people understand that socialized medicine will ultimately fail?

Somebody will have to step up and point out that if responsible and productive people who can afford to purchase their healthcare can be forced by a (supposed) moral, Socialist impetus to pay/subsidize the healthcare of (many times) individuals who act irresponsibly...that such is essentially unjust and immoral. Not to mention impractical and societally suicidal. Subsidizing immorality - good intentions nws - won't fly. For long.

The only way this works if that if the irresponsible and powerless folk are REQUIRED to meet at the least minimal standards of conduct. If the powerless - through their elected Representative - can assert a moral RIGHT to healthcare...then the responsible and productive folk can assert a moral impetus for those demanding subsidization to step up and help pull the economic/moral society wagon.

Barring that, the implied social contract goes to hell and it all comes tumbling down. And the weak die off and we start over again.