steve robinson wrote:

Seems people are "forgetting" that there appear to be mechanisms to
get the poor subscribed without taxing them.

Its worked in the UK for years called national insurance

Giggle.

I wouldn't say "it works" in the UK. We frequently see reports on the
ghastly consequences, so much that physicians actually prescribe water for
their hospitalized patients so they won't die of dehydration!

Here's the biggest difference: In the U.S., virtually all health care
providers have a financial incentive to keep their patients alive. If alive,
they live to be treated another day.

In the UK, if a patient lives or dies, it's no biggie - the doctor, nurse,
or hospital janitor gets paid the same. A recent report claimed that upwards
of 130,000 people die each year in the UK from non-treatment or poor
treatment.