I'm friends with a couple whose baby boy died, then was revived at birth but had massive brain damage as a result. They are by no means rich or even well-off. He was essentially a vegetable yet the child was provided for (with around the clock at-home care) by insurance at first then public aid for about 8 years before he passed.
Yes I know that public aid doesn't mean the same as 'private health insurance' directly but I would rather my tax dollars go to a program (such as part of a current established public aid program like medicare) and NOT to keeping death row inmates alive for 35+ years while they ride out their 376 appeals.
I agree with you about death row inmates.
I am sorry about the little boy that died but you see private insurance passed the buck to the Government no matter what you call it.
Passed the buck is not the right word - kept the buck and passed the liability to the Government.
Conservstives support that?