I am not reluctant at all. That's the easiest answer. Every taxpayer (i.e. person really paying income taxes on net basis, sorry for extra clarification but it is needed in this world), me including, will pay more. Someone will pay for trillions increase in government spending caused by government healthcare. Did you read US budget projections for the next 10 years?

Are you assuming that cost of care is static under your current system and only grows in universal systems?

If so, could you please comment on the vigorously tested assertion that the increasing cost per capita every year is more in the US under the current system than in universal care systems.

Based on this evidence it seems unlikely that these universally funded increases must exceed those you could expect under your current system. The opposite seems more likely.

It may be true that if some people insist on perpetuating the current system alongside a universal system for everybody else, the cost for some people may be higher. This is equivalent to the choice of private insurance I have raised earlier. It is a cost/benefit decision made by the consumer, just as some people choose more expensive cars or housing than others. However, usually the insurance cost is far lower in such a system- a fraction of what you pay now as discussed earlier. If you end up paying more it will be because you have chosen to perpetuate your existing expensive system rather than harnessing all the benefits of universal funding. Surely you will not blame universal funding for that.

Apart from that, do you have evidence to support your belief that universal care will cost you more at any given moment than the alternative?