The real reason why we don't have single payer is because nobody wants to pay for it

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Do people like paying thousands of dollars to private insurance companies

to fatten the wallets of their CEOs? When even after paying those premiums they have to use up thousands of dollars in deductibles before the insurance kicks in, plus copays? Good example is a relative of mine: He pays about $700/mo. in premiums, then has a deductible of $10,000 before insurance pays anything. So there's $18,400 down the sewer (or into the insurance company's coffers) before they pay anything at all. It's good for nothing but asset protection in case they have some catastrophic illness. If we got single payer insurance do you seriously think his taxes would go up by $18,400 per year? And even if they did, at least he'd have his medical bills paid. Seems to me that when people figure out that any increase in taxes will be more than offset by not having to pay outrageous premiums to buy new BMWs for insurance executives, and that they will actually get health care, all that libertarian bullshit will go right down the toilet.