We want universal healhcare. Those who “suffer” due to lack of income after it rolls out can tall to a therapist for low to no cost.

Some of you want that. Some of us do not want that.

I want to eliminate company provided healthcare. There may be better programs for me, but if I try to look elsewhere I discover that my company pays more than $1000/month for my insurance and if I go elsewhere I lose that all. As such no other plans can compete with what I get. In turn that means my insurance reports to and cares about my company and not what I think.

You don’t want universal healthcare but you agree that tying health insurance to a private company is awful.

So what’s your hangup? You don’t want your taxes to go up? If so, I can assure you it won’t be $12000/year.

I want health insurance from a private company of MY choice. I don't want to choose my job based on what health insurance they provide. Right now nobody reports to me - there is no incentive anywhere for me.

So that still doesn’t tell me why you don’t want universal healthcare…

Because I believe in the free market. But what we means I'm not actually in the market and so the free market isn't serving me.

But private health insurance can coexist with universal healthcare

Maybe, but generally universal has subsidies and so private cannot compete. Or universal has limits on coverage thus making poor who really need help unable to get good care

“Subsidies”, lol. USSA subsidised its private health insurance companies more, than any other in the world. Private companies are great at double-charging. That’s why healthcare should be single-payer system.

Or universal has limits on coverage thus making poor who really need help unable to get good care

What do you even try to say? Let’s say I break leg. In country with UHC I will:

Be transported by ambulance

Get x-ray

Get surgery if needed

Get cast

Get stay in hospital if needed

Get cast removed

Go home happy and healthy

In country without UHC I will:

Pay

Pay

Maybe see a doctor

Pay

Pay

Pay

Maybe get cast

Pay

Got sent home and pay

Pay more

Maybe get bone to heal, but neither be happy, nor healthy due to malnutrition

Get cast removed for extra payment

In first example I spent about 1$ for metro ticket back home, while in second one I would be bankrupt 12 times.

What if you have a tumor that needs to be removed but the doctors determine it isn't cancer. How long do you wait?