Why Single Payer Health Care

I don't advocate single provider healthcare, just single payer. So instead of a group of for profit entities whose entire purpose is to hold the funds used to pay for medical treatment, we have a nonprofit entity that does the same job.

I'm not arguing that healthcare is a right, because that's a silly argument. Of course it's a right. Whether we articulate that point of view or not, if someone turns up at a hospital with an illness or injury, they get treated without regard for their ability to pay.

Healthcare is not free, so who pays?

Who pays when someone is homeless? Who pays if they don't have Medicare? Who pays if they don't have Medicaid? Who pays if the Insurance Provider refuses? Who pays if it's a John Doe, or an undocumented immigrant? Who pays then?

We all do. To cover those costs, we pay higher charges, we pay higher premiums. To save money, the healthcare facility may cut into patient quality of care. We all pay.

We all pay anyway. Wouldn't it be better to do it in a deliberate, managed way?

My 2¢.