Are some on DU hoping Single Payer Health care fails?

[Warren DeMontague]

145. Given the nature of the American psyche

I would suspect you will always have an ability for people who want to pay more, to get something better.

Im not on medicare - not yet! Old, but not THAT old- but cant ppl on medicare buy supplemental plans, etc? Too?

And yes, i realize that the holes in medicare which sometimes necessitate such additional expenditures is one of the criticisms.


My personal feeling is, establish a ground floor (which we already have, after a fashion, albeit it is done in the worst and most expensive way possible- like if someone broke shows up at the ER with a head wound, they arent turned away)

.... then, if people pay for more, that is their call. Sort of like how everyone pays for public school (at least until the voucher people get done with it) but some opt to pay for private schools instead, etc.