Americans come up with more "for your own good" interference ideas than I can imagine, and they are supposed to be the "land of the free". Is it the Puritan influence still rearing its head?
Yes, and I for one do not want more, which is what I think Single-Payer health care will invite.
European countries with universal health care don't do this, the UK doesn't do this, Canada, Australia and New Zealand don't do this. Is the US so different that it will? So far you are the only American on here saying this, so I wonder if others think this too.
Also, your Medicaid and Medicare don't do this, why would it happen if there were universal health care for all? You as a country would be saving a huge amount of money with it, based on per capita costs. (shown below)
Total health expenditure per capita in PPP international U.S. dollars (not inflation-adjusted).[1][3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capitaCountry 2013 2014 2015 2016
Australia 4,186 4,289 4,493 4,708
Austria 4,861 5,001 5,100 5,227
Belgium 4,505 4,656 4,778 4,840
Canada 4,461 4,502 4,613 4,753
Chile 1,646 1,737 1,877 1,977
Czech Republic 2,380 2,476 2,466 2,544
Denmark 4,772 4,906 5,058 5,205
Estonia 1,652 1,773 1,885 1,989
Finland 3,920 3,935 3,993 4,033
France 4,331 4,464 4,530 4,600
Germany 4,961 5,200 5,353 5,551
Greece 2,175 2,099 2,210 2,223
Hungary 1,776 1,821 1,913 2,101
Iceland 3,707 3,891 4,106 4,376
Ireland 5,033 5,082 5,276 5,528
Israel 2,423 2,595 2,713 2,822
Italy 3,235 3,271 3,352 3,391
Japan 4,207 4,269 4,436 4,519
Korea 2,252 2,396 2,535 2,729
Latvia 1,224 1,311 1,434 1,466
Luxembourg 6,693 6,850 6,818 7,463
Mexico 1,038 1,026 1,054 1,080
Netherlands 5,303 5,322 5,297 5,385
New Zealand 3,402 3,496 3,545 3,590
Norway 5,979 6,136 6,190 6,647
Poland 1,576 1,606 1,704 1,798
Portugal 2,536 2,599 2,664 2,734
Slovak Republic 2,100 2,009 2,059 2,150
Slovenia 2,586 2,647 2,731 2,835
Spain 2,941 3,057 3,180 3,248
Sweden 5,070 5,170 5,266 5,488
Switzerland 6,794 7,096 7,536 7,919
Turkey 978 1,003 997 1,088
United Kingdom 3,845 3,989 4,125 4,192
United States 8,616 9,036 9,507 9,892