Have you ever lived in a country with single-payer healthcare? Let me tell you it&#x27;s not all roses.<p>- Months long waits for anything requiring a specialist unless you&#x27;re literally about to die.<p>- Arbitrary exclusions like dental and optical.<p>- Doctors taking in ~50% of the entire provincial budget and whining that it&#x27;s not enough.<p>And at a typical tech worker salary this all this ends up being more expensive in additional taxes than just buying the insurance outright would be in the US.<p>If you&#x27;re not poor, there&#x27;s really no reason to prefer single payer.