@FedUpAmerican,
No problem with opinion-laden posts! Next time you post a random article, you should add your own opinion. Are you still not seeing what was missing there?
Here is my opinion on universal healthcare (thanks for asking):
Don't believe in government-provided universal healthcare.
Hard-working American taxpayers are not obligated to pay for all citizens to have full medical coverage, and certainly should not be obligated to pay for illegal immigrants' healthcare. Countries providing this also tax their people at 45-50%, and I have known people from other countries to move to the U.S. because of the extreme burden of the social taxes.
Social programs get out of control too easily. A former co-worker of mine in the Netherlands had a good friend in his 20's who had a minor ailment due to a long-past injury. He was on "disability", letting the taxpayers float him through life. He admitted that he could easily get a full-time job but being on welfare was "far too lucrative". Is this a symptom of universal healthcare? Not exactly. But it is a reality in "big government", socialist countries that provide universal healthcare and other similar benefits.
Don't want to see my country move in that direction.