>lower quality of healthcare On the very top end of healthcare? Maybe, but countries with public healthcare aren't doing too bad on that side either. On averag

>lower quality of healthcare On the very top end of healthcare? Maybe, but countries with public healthcare aren't doing too bad on that side either. On average? The quality is insanely higher. Until budget gets cut because some dimwit thought it would be a good idea to stretch their resources thin. >increased government spending Covering everyone costs money, yes. But considering the amount of money that is already being invested by the US govt. into health care and the abysmally poor results it gives, it can't really be worse. >increased chances of corruption Very little. And it solves lobbying, doctors being paid by companies, etc. It's usually a net positive. >creating a moral hazard of not working to earn what is consumed Screw that. People have a right to live decently, even without earning it. That's why we made societies. That's why we keep elders alive, and not immediately send them off to the glue factory as soon as they retire, that's why we keep children and feed them and teach them until they're able to be a useful member of that society. In most sensible systems, their education is largely free too.