Like I said, Socialized medicine should be an “opt in”.
It does not require our participation that want nothing to do with it
Actually, you have it backward. It should be an Opt Out. Using Denmark as the yardstick, they have Universal Health Care. They pay half of what we pay in the US and get top knotch health care and medicine. There is NO bill given. Not one dime is asked for. If you are visiting Denmark and need medical care, they take care of you and don't charge you a dime even though you aren't even a citizen. There are people that come from other countries to use those health facilities. And when you figure the cost, it's half of what we pay here in the United States using a private system. This is also how the VA works and always has since it was consieved. It looks like the Dutch borrowed from the VA system and used it for their own. So don't tell me that it doesn't work.
What makes it work is the bulk buying of everything from equipment to medicine. The Medical Community wants to see this but the Pharmacutical and Suppliers don't. And the Insurance Companies and HMOs don't want it either. You see, they would be gone completely and the cost savings would be passed on the to public. In otherwords, put the Medicine back into the Doctors hands and send the leaches packing. But the Lobbyists are purchasing the Congress Critters who aren't working for us anymore and having for a very long time.