You have nailed the problem at the root of everything in today's America. The vast majority simply don't want everything to be free..irregardless of income or political party.
I often think the political debate is about the best way to get yours while making it seem like the other guy is stealing something ...
Yes, the Soviet system.
Exactly. The poor are already covered under Medicaid, and the healthy young and self-employed already had such high-deductible options available, if they were ready to fork out a few bucks.
The uninsurable essentially become wards of state if you give them insurance now, so yes—their assets and income should be tapped heavily. That could be handled perfectly well at the state level.
We’ve now got billions and billions and billions in new bureaucracy, going to the politically connected (wouldn’t you just love to know the lobbyists for that Canadian IT firm?), and corruption of the insurance and healthcare sectors under a form of corporate fascism. All while waiting for this one-seventh of our economy to be fully nationalized.