That's interesting, and it's a good argument for the money to come from the government and not insurance companies. When it's a public health issue, you want make sure everyone is covered.
I definitely agree with you. I'm very much in favor of an optional single payer solution, consolidating the various programs down into one.
The issue is that doing so will put millions in the insurance industry out of work. It becomes more than a public health issue, and very much so that looks to eliminate a industry that has wide power to retaliate through various strategies.
Not to mention, single payer is a quite resource intensive strategy that will require extensive capital to start versus spending now for more coverage through a program.
Because of this, single payer may never come to America through federal means.
