I will be the first to acknowledge that my experiences learning about healthcare in Norway and hearing about the situation in Canada from my good friend Lindsay who went to school in Montreal made me skeptical about universal health coverage.
However, as I've said before, the issue is COST, COST, COST!!! Private insurance will NEVER go away in the U.S. What we're talking about here is that kid from southside Atlanta whose family CAN'T afford an MRI...so they go without.
This isn't socialism, this is compassion. Do you know anyone without health insurance? Do you know anyone who cuts dental insurance because they can't afford it each month? Do you know anyone who's scared of graduating from school because they'll be cut from their parents insurance? I've got some stories...