Americans want universal health coverage, group says

[David S]

My guess is that we will have a socialized healthcare system in the not too distant future. Some corporations support it because they want to get out of the burden of healthcare costs, although they are apparently not clever enough to realize that they will be paying for it through taxes anyway. Citizens want it for the same reason, but they probably anticipate sticking the cost on someone else.

Big government folks likes it because it expands government. It will dramatically increase government revenue and give government even more reason to control your life. Swell!!!!

[David S]

If any state would pass that kind of a big government massive tax program it's California followed closely by Taxachusetts.

Go ahead, be my guest.  I'll stay here thanks.

Tennessee did something like this with their TennCare plan. It provided health-care for about 1/4 of the state's population. The cost of the program had been growing at about 12% per year and the state finally realized that the program was unsustainable. It was expected to consume about 90% of the state's revenue growth within a few years. The program has now been remodeled (by kicking out about 300,000 people) and is now expected to be sustainable. We'll see. Anyways so many cuts have been made that everyone is pissed off.

One of the problems with programs like this is that they are like Frankenstein (the undying monster). Once they are created they cannot be killed. They just grow until disaster strikes.