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by rumanator 2449 days ago
Sounds like it would be far simpler and easier for everyone if the state provided healthcare services paid by everyone through taxes.
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Yes of course, but that's beyond the point. Americans cannot argue that mandatory healthcare couldn't work in a multi-payer, private system.
It really depends on your definition of "work". Being forced to subscribe to a paid service is not the same as getting access to healthcare. Your examples only show that if a state resorts to authoritarian measures then it can force everyone to subscribe to a paid service.