My original comment wasn&#x27;t about banning private healthcare, it was about a government forcing people to pay for a product or service that isn&#x27;t acceptable, or actually damages people&#x27;s lives because it is managed so poorly. The Citizens of Flint still have access to bottle water, thank goodness, but they still have to pay their city water bills unfortunately. The same would go for Bernie Sander&#x27;s health plan whether or not the service provided was actually worth the price paid.<p>&gt;&gt;You as an individual are free to afford whatever you want.<p>That is not actually true. I&#x27;m spent the afternoon searching for health insurance for my wife, who is pregnant, and trying to immigrate to the U.S. Thanks to the 2,000 pages of ACA regulation, there is no clause or loophole that allows us to purchase insurance for her. Your argument using &#x27;data&#x27; is not sympathetic nor persuasive to me.