Reply #15: I'd even disagree with that, to a degree

[dcfirefighter]

It's crappy that people get inadequate healthcare, but suppose for a moment that someone came up with a surefire cure for cancer, but the procedure costed $100 Million dollars, and the labor of 100 physicians working for a year. Should this procedure be outlawed because only a few people could afford it, or should the country be bankrupted trying to pay for all the procedures?

Perhaps the physicians could be required to work for less. How many students would continue to become physicians?

For me, the crux isn't that the rich get better healthcare, it's that the poor get inadequate healthcare (and the healthcare they get is usually an inefficient use of scarce public healthcare dollars.)

For the record, I support universal healthcare - I just don't support single payer healthcare. I feel that controlling what would and wouldn't be covered, and for how much, is too sweet a pot to leave to the K street lobbyists. I prefer inclusive insurance rules coupled with insurance subsidies for low-income persons. I think the Swiss have it right, especially given the general culture of American business.