Reply #5: You don't stay megawealthy by paying taxes.

[Captain Angry]

Health coverage would have to be paid for by somebody. If the funding comes from income tax, property tax, capital gains tax, sales tax, fishing license tax, any tax, it will be opposed by those who can afford to buy their own coverage.

As long as there is an insurance industry, there is a layer of abstraction between what health care costs, and what they can charge for it. If you go to your doctor, and ask what their non-insured cash rate is for a procedure, I think you'd be shocked at the discounts available.