universal healthcare

[kandrathe]

So you would be ok if instead of requiring everyone to buy insurance, they just required people to buy it before they would have the privilege of going to the hospital?

No. That would be putting words into my mouth.

The consequence of not having insurance is that you may get sick, and either be given inadequate medical care and die, or end up owing a huge amount of money, and perhaps needing to declare bankruptcy. These are two very unhappy consequences for those people who risk not having any form of health insurance.

Even with automobiles, or owning a house, if you are determined to be liable for something beyond the limit of the policy, then you may lose everything.

The better (more accurate) question is; Should government prevent any bad outcomes? Should the government use all the resources at its disposal to attempt to preserve and prolong the lives of all sick people regardless of cost?