Reply #50: I would expect a conservative to label taxes an abrogation of freedom [View All]

[uberllama42]

The idea that "the government knows how to spend your money better than you do."

I have also often heard the talking point that a universal, single-payer health system eliminates choice. The assumption is that the government is rationing health care, telling patients which practices they are allowed to visit for treatment and which treatments they are allowed to have. Personally I would prefer a non-profit entity making those decisions than a for-profit insurance firm. An efficiently administered universal system could actually greatly expand access, because every medical practice in the country could be made available to every patient as opposed to a limited number of accepted practices.