Quality.
The one word that never gets mentioned in health care debates is quality.
Quality costs money. Quality healthcare is expensive. The USA (unlike other countries) has always placed quality ahead of everything else. So much so, that Americans take it for granted that we will always strive for quality.
ObamaCare is about quantity. It is the approach taken by the rest of the world. An approach that is willing to sacrifice quality for quantity.
Give you an example ~ Yoruba people whose ancestors are from a nation now known as Nigeria. Their health in the US is vastly superior to their health in Nigeria, or Brazil, or probably even Canada, France, and England.
Sweden does not outdo Minnesota! Denmark does not out perform the quality of medical service to whites of Danish origin in Indiana, nor do they live longer ~ even American pork is better ~ so our elderly eat better than in Denmark.
At the same time we treat cancer. Other countries provide palative care and let you die ~ relatively pain free ~ unless you are in Nederland, then they put you under and let you expire as soon as possible (kind of like euthenasia).
You and I need a procedure right now, the doctor's office (typically) says "Sure, will tomorrow or Thursday work better for you?"
Under socialized medicine, the question will be "Sure. Can you wait for six months, or we do have a slot available 5 states over if you can get there by 9:20 am tomorrow?".
But it will all be free, so it's better. Assuming that we live long enough to spend all of the money we're saving.
You, your employer and other tax payers pay a premium for mediocrity and feel good about it because this is the United States of America. We're #1. /s