Universal health gains traction

Universal healthcare while a socialist dream is a nightmare to the consumer. Most people in the US have no experience with "universal" healthcare. Having spent several years in the UK I saw the disaster, which is similar to that in Canada. Long waits for service, poor quality in the UK and as with all government programs, poor management. If universal healthcare is so great, then why are Canadians as well as the British flocking to the few private hospitals in their countries....Also universal healthcare IMHO leads to over utilization by the consumer, the same problem we have with Medicaid. The social worker tells the consumer it is free and they do not use it, they abuse it. This Robin Hood theory that we can take from those who produce in this country and give their work away is a joke. Look at Medicare as well as Social Security. We are rapidly approaching the point of melt down in these programs because too much is being given and there are not enough producers.

Real healthcare reform will come about when the government gets out of the healthcare business with a few exceptions (military, veterans and Native Americans). States that play the Robin Hood game in mandating that all employers must provide healthcare will end up destroying the economy of their state.