People think Governmental insurance will give them Medicare level medical service which sucks but not nearly as bad as the Medicaid they'd actually get. It will bankrupt the rich and the middle class and charge $500 for an aspirin to the poor's insurance whoever is stupid enough to pay the bill, which will be the Government. It'd be worse than the English or the Canadian medical programs which are bad enough as it is. And death panels will be the rule not the exception. People deciding your too old to waste resources on.