That 160M is vulnerable to having a health issue crop up which prevents them from working, then they lose their job, 18 months later lose their COBRA coverage (

That 160M is vulnerable to having a health issue crop up which prevents them from working, then they lose their job, 18 months later lose their COBRA coverage (if they could afford it in the first place), then go bankrupt at which point they can qualify for Medicaid. It's terrible and it happens. BTW, a big point in favor of single-payer even for those 160M is that it increases consumer choice of provider since you no longer have to worry about provider networks. In theory anyway. There's just so much inertia and powerful vested interests behind the current system, it's really hard to change. This isn't a new fight: https://www.healthcare-now.org/legislation/national-timeline/ https://www.healthcare-now.org/legislation/national-timeline...