I have a significant number of friends who are in favor of a national government run health care insurance program. They have touted its benefits. Here are some questions I would like them to answer for me. If you think they are leading questions with false or unfair premises, say so, but please try to answer them.
You think that state run insurance is a good idea. You’ve seen in work well a fistful of countries. You want to see it happen in the U.S.. Please consider and provide answers to the following questions:
1. The countries that you cite (France, Germany, Australia, Canada) as examples of successful state run health insurance have at most a population 1/4 the size of the United States. What makes you think that their systems can scale to the population of the U.S.? Might there be cultural or governmental structure differences between the U.S. and these countries that would prevent their systems from translating correctly to a U.S. system? Why or why not?
