Let's put it into perspective. I believe every state has some sort of federally subsidized Medicade program for the poorest citizens and most wealthier Americans have insurance if they want it. (Here in New Mexico, the 'evil Bush economics' apparently put so many people over the income threshhold that the state was actually advertising for people to sign up for Medicade.) Medicare provides insurance for the elderly with free basic healthcare and low cost supplemental insurance. That leaves the working poor just over the threshhold income level for Medicade who have a difficult time finding affordable insurance coverage.
A state pool could fill that gap just as a state pool for liability insurance helps out many small businesses who otherwise can't get it.
And as gradual privitization of current government funded programs is the most sensible way to go, its hard to make a good case for need for the government to take over and mismanage 13% to 20% of the nation's economy by ensuring healthcare to everbody.
As for who pays taxes and who is treated unfairly and who is likely to wind up paying for universal healthcare, consider this (with no claim of fine point accuracy but it is similar to charts/graphs I've seen on the CATO site, Heritage Foundation etc.):
First visit
THIS SITE to see how much the average American is hit with the tax bite.
Then, bearing in mind that the median income for an American family in 2006 was I think around $48,000, there is this:
Quote:The Top 50% pay 96.54% of All Income Taxes(The top 1% pay more than a third: 34.27%)
The share of total income taxes paid by the top 1% of wage earners rose to 34.27% from 33.71% in 2002. Their income share (not just wages) rose from 16.12% to 16.77%. However, their average tax rate actually dropped from 27.25% down to 24.31%
*Data covers calendar year 2003, not fiscal year 2003 - and includes all income,not just wages, excluding Social Security
Think of it this way: less than 3-1/2 dollars out of every $100 paid in income taxes in the United States is paid by someone in the bottom 50% of wage earners.
Are the top half millionaires? Noooo, more like ""thousandaires."" The top 50% were those individuals or couples filing jointly who earned $29,019 and up in 2003. (The top 1% earned $295,495-plus.) Americans who want to are continuing to improve their lives, and those who don''t want to, aren''t. Here are the wage earners in each category and the percentages they pay
The top 1% pay over a third, 34.27% of all income taxes. (Up from 2003: 33.71%)
The top 5% pay 54.36% of all income taxes (Up from 2002: 53.80%).
The top 10% pay 65.84% (Up from 2002: 65.73%).
The top 25% pay 83.88% (Down from 2002: 83.90%).
The top 50% pay 96.54% (Up from 2002: 96.50%).
The bottom 50%? They pay a paltry 3.46% of all income taxes (Down from 2002: 3.50%).
The top 1% is paying nearly ten times the federal income taxes than the bottom 50%! And who earns what? The top 1% earns 16.77% of all income (2002: 16.12%). The top 5% earns 31.18% of all the income (2002: 30.55%). The top 10% earns 42.36% of all the income (2002: 41.77%); the top 25% earns 64.86% of all the income (2002: 64.37%) , and the top 50% earns 86.01% (2002: 85.77%) of all the income.
http://ballyblog.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/only-the-rich-pay-taxes/
NOW who is going to pay the horrendous cost of ensuring that every American has health care? You raise the marginal rate for that top 25% or so and they'll again move more of their assets and income off shore so they can shelter more of it.
The poor? They aren't paying now.
So that leaves those folks in the middle to pick up the bill, and that probably includes a lot of those folks working at Walmart too.
And THAT is why there is such resistance to a federally funded universal healthcare plan no matter who proposes it.
no worries man, no worries. 
