Equating a single-payer system to the government’s handling of another “basic right” – education:

For a sneak preview of the result of implementing a system under the control of the federal government, let’s look at another “human right” that was implemented in American law and that began receiving federal aid a few years before Medicare was enacted: the “right” to a basic education. The results: the performance of American students is nearly the worst in the industrialized world. With SAT scores plunging so much that the test was revised to bring the scores back up, per-pupil spending by state and local governments has doubled in real dollars over the past 30 years.

At the same time, there has been an increasingly intrusive presence of government in the curriculum and oppressive, costly measures designed to produce “equality.” The welfare of the children is the pretext for ever-heavier demands on the taxpayer. But the system takes on a life of its own. If there’s a conflict between the needs of public education in America and what’s best for your individual child, the system “” that is, its entrenched bureaucracy “” wins every time. Maybe you can escape, but only if you can afford to pay twice for your child’s education “” once through taxes, and once through private tuition.

There’s ample evidence indicating universal healthcare will travel that same high-cost, poor-quality road if enacted.