Just like you're single-payer for your emergency fire services, your police services, your road maintenance, your food supply health inspection service, OH WAIT

Just like you're single-payer for your emergency fire services, your police services, your road maintenance, your food supply health inspection service, OH WAIT. =) Health care is yet another of those services where society as a whole does better if everyone's needs as a whole are considered and taken care of together. It is definitely frustrating for those who have more and wish to pay more to get better care, but heck, it's still a better deal in that case. There are all kinds of diseases that have been eradicated (or are on the way out) due to a broad social program to first discover and then distribute the cure. Paying for the very best leprosy care yourself pales in comparison to never catching it.