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>You would be surprise how many people think the "socialize" health care is a bad idea. I would say the majority.

And how do you think that may have come about? (I'm quite sure you're right, by the way).
Doctors have a few bucks and know how to use them, lobbying-wise, publicity-wise, etc. And there are NUMEROUS others with vested interests, like hospitals and insurance companies, also with big $$$ at their disposal.
They make sure that "socialized" == "socialism" (which of course it is not).
They spread the myth that anyone in the US who 'shows up' at any hospital has to be seen/treated, but the omit that hospitals have systems in place to make sure that they don't get such people.
In your home state a law exists that when a person runs out of money they may be legally discharged.

Finally, it *IS* a tough nut to crack because, even here, doctors were vehemently opposed to socializing health INSURANCE. Everyone fears change, me included.

I wonder how I would have made out in the US in the following:
1) I've had a pre-existing condition since birth, found when I was 22.
2) That condition ultimately 'kills' the kidneys, necessitating dialysis while waiting for a transplant.
3) In the 10 years before my kidneys 'died' I was self-employed.

Do you think I could have got health insurance there?
If so, do you think I could have afforded it?
Dialysis there is "free" (with lots of service fees attached, I understand). Would I still be on dialysis today in your system?... a transplant without insurance requires $125,000 smacked down before they will even talk to you and I still don't have #125,000 to give anyone.

I always valued our SOCIALIZED health insurance system here and it was proven beyond doubt when I "won the lottery" and got a transplant soon after I started dialysis. That was almost 7 years ago. Had I been living in the US my guess is that I'd still be on dialysis today, and probably dead broke just from those costs.