Will the United States Ever Adopt a Single-Payor Health Care System?

[The CINC]

I don't think the USA will ever adopt a single-payer health care system in our lifetime for the following reasons (1) lack of cost control (2) fear of "big government" controlling 14% of our GDP which we spend on health care.

However, we can have universal health insurance in our lifetime through a system of universal health vouchers under the Guaranteed Healthcare Access Plan (GHAP). Under the GHAP, all legal residents recieve a healthcare certificate entitling them to a set of medical and dental benefits. They will use the certificates to enroll in a health care plan offered by an insurance company who will have to accept all those who wish to enroll regardless of preexisting medical condition. The whole system will be financed by a national consumptiont tax.

This will enable us to phase out Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and the employer-based health care system in general.