If national health care made no difference to my net income and didn't affect my ability to get medical care I needed, I probably wouldn't care. The problem is that I don't view the government as the efficient administrator of anything and expect that it would cost me more in the end. I also have a problem with providing assistance to anyone unwilling to support their household, but no problem with those on disabilities that prevent them from supporting their households.
I don't think health care should be free either. I currently have co-pays on any medical bills I have, capped at a few thousand dollars maximum per year. That seems like a fair solution to me. I've heard too many anecdotal stories of people going to the doctor for minor medical issues because they didn't have to pay anything to believe free medical care would work.
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