ObamaCare was designed to fail, to fail forward into socialized medicine. The federal health care system — i.e., the combination of Medicare, Medicaid, VA, Indian Health Services, and ObamaCare mandates — is so bad that even a UK-style socialized system would be better and less expensive. At least there is a private option under the UK system.
Ted Kennedy (who has been sober for quite some time now) said years ago that the plan was to screw up the US health care system so badly that eventually people would demand single payer.