Lol, really. We are talking the US government here. BTW, Europe where the policy is instituted is destitute financially. Only country that is not imminently in the crapper is Germany and even they are hurting. Medicare is subsidized by the working class. Think if the working class had to subsidize everyone in the United States, the taxes would be insurmountable. Moreover, considering the bureaucracy of our existing system, you would have doctors bogged down by unnecessary audits and oversight that would limit their ability to practice medicine. Why is it that people who have Federal BCBS keep their insurance and avoid Medicare. Congressman are now using the ACA exchanges for their healthcare but they get subsidized by the government; the common folk who make over a certain income do not get subsidized. Think about it, would Congressman even participate unless it gave them political clout.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/12/09/whats-congress-doing-about-its-own-health-care/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/07/15/labor-leaders-obamacare-will-shatter-their-health-benefits-cause-nightmare-scenarios/
Not sure why I'm taking you seriously now. To read your post, you'd think Germany uses single payer but that is false. Germany uses a multi-payer system and an insurance mandate, actually. (Sound familiar?)
So "...Europe where the policy is instituted is destitute financially."?
Are you implying that Europe is the only place where single payer is used? (As Dwight Schrute says, "FALSE!") Or are you just implying that the single payer is responsible for the alleged "destitute" status of Europe? Funny, you don't say one word about why the single payer countries pay so much less for healthcare services than we do, though.
Here's a partial list of countries that either use single payer or "two tier" where the gov't provides a minimum level of coverage while offering additional coverage that can be purchased if desired:
Norway.............Singl
e Payer
New Zealand.....Two Tier
Japan...............Sing
le Payer
United Kingdom.Single Payer
Kuwait..............Sing
le Payer
Sweden............Single Payer
Bahrain............Singl
e Payer
Brunei..............Sing
le Payer
Canada............Single Payer
Netherlands......Two-Tier
UAE.................Sing
le Payer
Finland.............Sing
le Payer
Slovenia...........Singl
e Payer
Denmark..........Two-Tier
France.............Two-Tier
Australia..........Two Tier
Ireland............Two-Tier
Italy................Sin
gle Payer
Portugal...........Singl
e Payer
Cyprus............Single Payer
Spain..............Singl
e Payer
Iceland............Singl
e Payer
Hong Kong.......Two-Tier
Singapore........Two-Tier
Israel..............Two-Tier
Like Colin Powell said:
“And I don’t see why we can’t do what Europe is doing, what Canada is doing, what Korea is doing, what all these other places are doing.”… “We are a wealthy enough country with the capacity to make sure that every one of our fellow citizens has access to quality health care,” Powell. “(Let’s show) the rest of the world what our democratic system is all about and how we take care of all of our citizens.”