A friend of mine was upset with the idea of single-payer health care because supposedly if they had lived in Canada, her (very prematurely born) nephew wouldn't haven been considered a viable candidate for intensive care because "they would only cover the 750 most common medical procedures, and care of a preemie his size was #752" or something like that. (This doesn't mean that the care wouldn't *exist*, mind you, just that you'd probably be doing some fundraising to pay for it, much as is often done when you have a family member with a serious medical problem that insurance isn't covering. And I'm still not sure this was accurate.)

I'm also aware that the Veterans Administration health care system frequently sinks to a truly appalling level of fail, so I can understand the perspective of, "Wow, if that's what national health care would look like in this country, I don't WANT it!"

Some of the best health care my family had was when my husband and I were broke students on Medicaid, though. Really.