Why not do the smart thing for a change? The one that also makes the bulk of people happier overall? Single payer / Medicare for all.
Because I don't want Donald Trump (or others like him) making health care decisions for my family. Because I don't want every single election to be a referendum on whether Grandma lives or dies.
The political divide in this country is beyond ugly. Everything government does is tainted by the bitterly opposed, left/right pissing match. Whatever one side does, the other sabotages. I don't want to see health care mired in that kind of mess. We have too much government meddling with health care now - a big part of the problem. If anything that meddling should be reduced and certainly not expanded.