Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
If that number is remotely accurate, $1 trillion should pay for one of the very best universal healthcare systems in the world.
Americans spend $10,000 per year on average on healthcare. In Europe you could have access to a universal system and private healthcare insurance for around half of that.
Unless you want to exercise your right to not have health coverage, you are still paying a 'tax' in the name of the surcharge that Americans pay to the corporations who are robbing them blind.
Americans are terrified of a government ran health care, or I should say Republicans, as for some silly reason they think leaving it in the hands of big business is better.
It is too close to "socialism" for them, which is odd considering there are public schools, public roads, law enforcement, fire departments, public water, a standing army, public parks, national parks, NASA, SSI, food stamps, subsided student loans, etc, etc etc. . . . . They apply the term "socialism" very selectively, which is anything they disagree with.
The Reps like to blame the Dems for Obamacare, but the truth of the matter is, had the Dems had it their way, we'd likely have a low cost effective universal health care instead of the current mess we have now..