re: People who are against a universal healthcare system, why?

Have you ever been to a VA or military branch medical clinic? If so, you'd know why you don't want the government being a healthcare provider.

1. It will either bankrupt federal govt or require MASSIVE tax increases that will destroy the economy and bankrupt everyone. The reason European countries can afford socialized healthcare is because most European countries have a higher % of middle class and less lower income class. More people contributing to tax base instead of draining it. Also, they don’t spend as much of their government’s budget on military spending since the US basically subsidizes Europe’s defense.

2. Outside of military, what has the government ever done better or more efficiently than the private sector?

3. If you end up with a serious disease, do you want some government office deciding whether or not your treatment will be approved or denied coverage? ie. Rationing of coverage

4. It will deter people from entering medical field careers because if the government is the only health insurer then they can force hospitals and clinics to accept whatever lower prices the govt insurance will pay. Quality of care will diminish and won’t have as much money to fund R&D or to get the best and brightest into medical careers

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Name a successful resolution of a problem by the Feds in all of history. We'll wait.

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War and defense. That's about it.

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People who are against a universal healthcare system, why?

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1. We can not afford it.

2. The government can not run anything.

3. Go away alter.

The only way single payer would work here, is to slash the compensation to doctors, hospital systems and pharma. Good luck with that. The swamp won't allow it.

You need those panels. A bedridden 75 year old with chronic lung disease and end stage renal failure does not need dialysis 3 times a week. A bedridden, demented 80 year old who rolls out of bed at the nursing home and fractures a hip does not need a hemiarthoplasty. They need hospice. These scenarios happen EVERY SINGLE DAY in this country and cost a fortune. It isn't good for the patients and it isn't good for the system. It's prolonged torture that costs millions of dollars a year

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Exactly. Healthcare is a human right!

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Are you being facetious?

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Much of the American health expenses are self-inflicted by shitty life decisions.

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Actually, the bulk of healthcare costs accrue in the last several years of life, regardless of how that life was lived...in fact, a person who dies in their 50's because of smoking, or drinking, etc, actually stops any further expenses from adding to the cost burden. A "health freak" may live into their 80's+, with health costs accruing every year, with the end result still being massive costs during those final few years.

Want to help lower the cost of healthcare???..eat, drink, smoke and be happy.

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It isn't good for the patients and it isn't good for the system. It's prolonged torture that costs millions of dollars a year

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You're understating the scope of those types of decisions being made. That said, those costs are made by the individual or their family, not a bureaucrat.