NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers
Coming from a country that has this, there should be caution: it gets more affordable, but you get what you pay for.  In my country of origin, you get a partially-paid-for ride to the emergency room, where you pay for things like casts, non-ward rooms, dental care out of pocket.  There is no prescription coverage.  There is no optometry coverage.  I would wait significant chunks of a year for procedures and diagnostics.  To cover the things that aren't covered, most have private insurance through work or also out of pocket.<p>Since moving to the US, it is more expensive (than next to nothing), but I actually get good care.  Several conditions that were ignored or misdiagnosed for me are now cured.  My life might be significantly shorter had I not come here.<p>If NY does this, the near zero chance of my moving there ever would go to absolute 0.  It is a terrible system for any place that does not have infinitesimal state or national government expenses and more-than-60% kind of taxes (e.g., Scandinavian countries).