A long rant I made, because I had the time.

UHC systems are cheaper than the American system. And they get better results.

How is it paid for?

Take whatever money people pay towards health insurance and use it(flat tax for everyone) to cover everyone. Simple eh? Take away the profit margin and boom, there should be enough for everyone and some left over. Everyone wins, except those insurance agents. Or as I call them, people who would raise the price of water in a drought.
Canadians say their healthcare isn’t amazing, but they’d still prefer their system over ours easily.

Our debt has been rising and it does so easily through wasted funds. There is no one answer, we waste money on worthless programs, the military industrial complex, most recently bailing out whoever bribes us, and even healthcare.
If we had a single-payer system, no one would pay for insurance, it would be paid through taxes. Every American’s taxes would increase, but it’s worth it since every American wouldn’t have to pay health coverage. It would cut costs by more then half easily. There is no excuse for our country spending as much as we do for healthcare and yet no getting much for it. Have you seen how low we rank on the World Health Organization’s (best of) healthcare list? I’ll give you a hint, Cyprus is above us.
I don’t watch ‘mainstream media’, I could care less about T.V. in general. But it’s not hard to know Limbaugh or Beck are helping the volatile situation with their insane conspiracy theories or backward ass partisanship.

Medicare is socialism, Medicaid is socialism, our fire departments, police departments, and schools are socialism, even our military is socialism. Socialism is providing by a whole, aka to everyone. We’ve been living this way for years now. No government can be sustainable if it is too socialist or too capitalist, it needs to have common ground and influence from both.
Insurance companies make insane profits, our government subsidizes the insurance industry time and time again and obviously it’s never reported in the media. We pay for Iraq’s and Afghanistan’s universal healthcare, while millions of American’s don’t see a dime of that. National socialism is not socialism, it’s fascism. Communism is not socialism, it’s government controlled capital.

We don’t have best healthcare in the world, we do have exceptional and amazing healthcare, but that’s because 20% of America doesn’t have access to it. I’d also like to make the point that, arguing that you (not literally you) don’t want medicare for all because you might have to wait longer for an appointment is the most selfish fucking argument imaginable, it’s disgusting. Sorry I’m not a part of ya’lls special clubhouse.
Every resource is rationed, we ration healthcare now, the only difference is the insurance companies ration it by deciding if they can legally get away from covering you if you ever need your coverage. We don’t have countless doctors.

I grew up in Vermont under Howard Dean’s socialistic Dr.Dynosaur, a program that cut the number of VT’s uninsured children by more then half. A phenomenal success that still runs today, and no, I was not on welfare.

The more blurry the argument becomes, the more insurance companies lie to the American people, the more spineless politicians line their pockets with fraudulent tax payed cash, the less chance a real debate can be held. One with actual facts and reason. Not scare tactic, death panel, keep hands off my healthcare, slogan bullshit and straight up lies.

“Access to care in the United States has worsened since the funds first report card in 2006 as more people — some 75 million — are believed to lack adequate health insurance or are uninsured altogether. And within the nation, the report found, the cost and quality of care vary drastically.“-New York Times

http://www.photius.com/rankings/total_health_expenditure_as_pecent_of_gdp_2000_to_2005.html

http://allcountries.org/health/usa_health_care_2008_nyt.html