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[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The biggest problem with the single-payer argument in America is that it's almost 100% along the lines of expanding Medicare and Medicaid. It's almost exactly like throwing a blanket over a broken leg and pronouncing it healed: you've done fuck all to fix the issue and ensured it'll get worse because nobody's looking at it anymore. The healthcare system is expensive because it's screwed up six ways to Sunday, not because of who pays for it; that a seemingly simple solution like making everybody have health insurance backfired as spectacularly as it did is proof enough. What we really need is an exhaustive investigation into every element of what drives the price up, from the emergency room deadbeat to the student loans for medical school, but good luck with that.