No it's not they believe in Capitalism, government funded health care is Socialist.
You will not see a single payer system in America. Too many states will stand in the way. The ACA was a cluster fuck from the moment it was written and pushed through the Congress on a partisan vote. A legislation that amounts to fifth of the US economy cannot survive on the ideological support alone. It needs a broad federal and state scope and bipartisan support. Any bill that is pushed through on a one party vote will be over turned and/or diluted under subsequent majority. Even if it actually works and the jury is still out on a single payer system.
Actually all that is neccessary is to modify the eligibility of Medicaid. Slowly raise the income threshold every year and codify the payment schedule.
Bullshit. That is an absolute lie OTB.
If they raise there taxes by 25-30% they probably could pay for it. Will the citizens except this in order to fund universal health care?
Perhaps. But, single payer is not an answer, in any case. One size fits all solutions almost never work. I think that the middle class needs affordable access to health care and the answer to that dilemma will be found in the private sector instead of the government run system. Government is incapable of administering system that complex and that large. I can see it done on the state level, but a national single payer system encompassing well over 300 million people will be a nightmare of epic proportions.
Yes. But remember that the insurance costs stop. And the employers pay in instead of to insurance companies.
Yes they can. They already administer to millions via Medicare and Medicaid. It's just a slow expansion as I said. Add more every year until everyone is covered.
Most people are covered by employers already, more than half the population is covered by employer insurance about 170 million and 53 million are covered by Medicare( seniors) ,insurance would stop for only about 25% of the population and if universal health care became law employers would stop paying health care costs for their employees. That a big bill that only large tax increases would cover, I'm not so sure they would go for that.
That's one of the BIG problems. A single payer system will dump millions of people into the government's lap. And if it works as well as the VA, there's going to be a severe backlash.
What a silly argument.
It would be difficult for them, they spend so much on the military where as the rest of the civilized countries spend a fraction on military spending.
They aren't against government funded healthcare ever heard of Medicare and Medicaid.
