Quoting the Crisis

» Universal health care, pro and con

My basic argument is that, all other things being equal, it is better to have a society in which everyone has access to medical care than a society in which tens of millions of people can’t afford the medical care they need. I have cancer. Because I have Medicare and supplemental insurance, I can afford the hormone injections that keep it at bay. If I was one of the millions of Americans without coverage, I’d be dead.

The only arguments against a universal system that I can see are (1) that it is too expensive or (2) that it produces worse results. But countries that have universal systems have lower costs (individual and government combined) and better results. So, in my opinion, neither argument holds.