> whether such systems will hold together - whether the populace has the will to pay the real costs You seem to be suggesting that universal healthcare costs t

> whether such systems will hold together - whether the populace has the will to pay the real costs You seem to be suggesting that universal healthcare costs the population a lot of money. In point of fact, Canada spends half as much per person as the United States does, and provides healthcare to its entire population. If the United States implemented the Canadian system tomorrow, the amount of money it would save as a nation would be immense, on the order of a TRILLION dollars per year. The question is whether the U.S. can continue to pay the exorbitant costs of its privatized system, not the other way around.