I've always been in favor of the single payer system, the consumer has the responsibility to pay. simple enough for you?
I assume you don't use public roads, public water supply, etc... I prefer to belong to a society, I'm not the singular mountain man, hermit type. But hey what ever floats your boat.
benefits have virtually NO relationship to premiums paid so you are wrong. It's just a govt give away program.
I remember when the communist made their first strike agains freedom in America. It was the only time I ever saw my dad cry...it was official the government made wearing a seat belt mandatory, enforceable by fine, which my dad said was just a way to disguise a tax. Excuse me I have to wipe the tears from my eyes. Goddamn you Mr. Gorbachev.
Eventually state's rights will make a resurgence when people tire of this ill advised adoration of socialism and unlimited federal power.
There'd be no issue with conservatives if they offered this provision. None. It'd sail through Congress like a declaration of Firefighters Are Awesome on 9/11/2013. Curious though. You realize that is a conservative thing? I bet not. I suspect you are so libtard as to not realize that many would leap at this opportunity, so many so that the libtards cannot offer it.