Single payer works great if you’re healthy. You just pay an extra 10-15% in Fed taxes and, if you get sick, you go to your local clinic, see the doctor that’s assigned to you and hope he/she can quickly diagnose you. Voila! For an extra 10-15% in Fed taxes, you don’t have to pay for a $15 office visit. But be worried if you need more than routine medical care. Doctors are fined if they refer too many patients to specialists, in any given month. And you DO NOT have the option of choosing and going to the doctors you want. There are many more drawbacks to Socialized Medicine.....if a woman has trouble getting pregnant, she will be allowed IVF, resulting in one pregnancy. No more than one.....that’s not included. If you need to be hospitalized and there are no more beds in the Ward (yes, I said WARD), you will be sleeping in the hallway. I WISH those who are determined to have single payer, would have to live under it’s restrictions for one year. I pray that we can get back to patient centered health care, where the patient again has control over their care and from whom they receive that care.
The American people will always have faith in “single payer” as they call it.