re: Why can every other first world country have healthcare for all?

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You need look no further than Ruth Bader Ginsburg to see what can happen if people are motivated to keep someone in good health. An 80 year old woman (hell probably older) who routinely at this point "beats cancer."

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This is actually one of the more compelling arguments in support of socialized medicine that I’ve seen.

In a healthcare system like that described by the OP, that treacherous old hag would have been dead 30 years ago. Imagine how much of the social fabric of America could have been preserved had she never been appointed to the Supreme Court.