Hi wavydog,
You do know the US government runs Medicare, right. Have you noticed that few seniors want it replaced?
In the categories in which it operates, the socialised medicine system in the US is relatively popular (with the exception of Cobra) and the coverage includes everyone.
Whereas you seem to believe government is incapable simply because the right presumes it as an article of faith.
My experience is there is no way to argue against someone's embedded dogma. Facts are never important in those circumstances.
Bring evidence and we can chat. But at this point, I've supplied some of it for you (eg the latest comparative global study of the effectiveness of health systems, international Health-GDP statistics, US Healthcare-to-GDP growth etc), which you have avoided by describing my position as partisan - as if the facts can be partisan; and you've brought a dogma to the conversation which conflicts with all of the available evidence.
A dogma's not going to be persuasive unless you can provide an example of a successful and efficient private insurance health system or some kind of evidence of success of the model you believe in. I'll be looking out for it. Believe me, I have looked myself.
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