Beg to differ; the U.S. system sees health care as just another commodity.....those who can afford the best can buy the best but the vast majority of Americans, not just the poor, cannot afford the  costly premiums.  I prefer to work towards improving our universal health care system whereby need not ability to pay dictates. A guaranteed annual income for the poor is a good idea but it would never come close to paying the astronomical premiums charged by private health care.