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I voted no. I don't even base that on whether or not single-payer plans have proven effective or not in other countries. I don't base it on whether the U.S. could do it better, and make it work better. Although both those are strongly answered in the negative.

A single payer system in the U.S. moves the Federal Government into the position of sole arbiter for the citizen in all areas of health issues. It subjugates every citizen to the whims of an overbearing centralized government. It submits total control to the Fed for all monetary and ethical issues related however remotely to health issues. It is a critical cog in the wheel of Totalitarianism.

All problems cited that single-payer program could solve can be better solved by modifications in the current system. A single-payer system, in addition to the Communist/Socialist/Totalitarian aspects would create a system with limited resources that by definition will require rationing and "quality of life" issues and limitations.

A single-payer system, and the incremental steps toward one, must be resisted at all costs.