[lowbridge]

AVIK ROY is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a former health policy adviser to Mitt Romney

[BenLurkin]

Statism (eg universal healthcare) and conservatism are mutually incompatible.

[mort56]

There is not conservative case for government control of our lives. Period!

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"at a fraction of what we spend"

For a fraction of the population, too. Funny how that works.

[Drill Thrawl]

its exchanges contain some of the unattractive features of Obamacare, like an individual mandate and excessively broad benefit requirements.

And that right there shows there is NO conservative case. There is NO liberty or self-determination if the gubment dictates what I must buy. How did we end up with so damn many progs in the party?

[Irenic]

Yeah, but Switzerland doesn’t have people running all through their borders and becoming a citizen is difficult, like Japan.

[Jim from C-Town]

This is all predicated on a mound of Horse $hit. This idiot forgets that Singapore and Switzerland are homogenous societies with fewer residents than most bus stops. Hardly a thing he says is convertible to a continental hegemony of 300+ millions.

Besides he is a Manhattan Institute Leftist so he can be dismissed out of hand.

[beandog]

The government doesn’t subsidize anything. We, the taxpayers, do. Once again, I would be required to not only pay for my own health care but a bunch of other peoples. I’m tired of paying for other peoples free stuff.

[GeronL]

There is NO conservative argument for it

[umgud]

I’m going to guess that a smaller percentage of their populations are on the taxpayer dole than the USA.

[PieterCasparzen]

Switzerland, home to new world order’s Bank of International Settlements.

[Darren McCarty]

Lost me at the word mandate

[pieceofthepuzzle]

The US is not Switzerland or Singapore. The holes in this author's arguments are big enough for some small planets to fit through, and the first rule of thumb when deciding what's best for health care is to ask a combination of patients, and those who provide the care, for real, not policy wonks. The real world accuracy of these types of policy advisors is akin to the accuracy of global warming modeling.

[VanDeKoik]

Switzerland and Singapore can fit in some U.S. counties.

Only a Romney adviser could have written this tripe.

[Signalman]

Switzerland has 8M people.

Singapore has 5.312M people.

End of argument.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Switzerland has ghetto thugs mumbling about them "gimme muh bennies" and attacking the The Man?

Didn't think so. Swiss population makes white rice look dark.

[jimsin]

EVERY CANADIAN I MEET GETS QUIZZED ON HIS LIKE/DISLIKE OF HIS STATE SPONSORED HEALTHCARE....FIRST THEY EXPLAIN THEY LOVE IT AS THEY SWOOOON ABOUT IT THEN I PROVIDE THE STATS RE AVAILABILITY AND ‘WAIT FOR SERVICE’ CANADA VS US.
FINALLY I ASK THEM ....HOW MUCH MONEY THEY’D HAVE IN THEIR POCKETS HAD THEY NOT BEEN BRUTALLY TAXED EVERY YEAR FOR WHAT THEY GET...TO MAN THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THEIR ‘CARE’ IS REALLY COSTING THEM...SORT OF SHEEEPLY IF U AKS ME...

[rpl]

I’m against universal coverage. I’m for choosing my own damn coverage.

[qaz123]

What are the populations of those countries?
How many hoodrats and illegal aliens do they have to take care of?
Does either country have rampant anchor babies which suck them dry?
Do they every special interest group under the sun, trying to change their way of life?
Is either country the ‘go to’ country when sh!t hits the fan?
Does either country pretty much protect the rest of the world as the US does?
Do the people of either country know any other way? Thereby, not know what its like to be free to do what you want as long as you don’t hurt anyone else?

[impimp]

Why are commie ideas being posted here? I didn’t see your barf alert so I am worried about you.

[narses]

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