# Are there any good reasons why Democrats should not support single-payer universal healthcare? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 14, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-reasons-why-democrats-should-not-support-single-payer-universal-healthcare/1011638 "2024-12-14T21:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-reasons-why-democrats-should-not-support-single-payer-universal-healthcare/1011638/43 "2024-12-17T15:03:21Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > Why can’t we just promote legislation that would take a baby step by changing Medicare eligibility from age 65 down to 64? Nobody would be forced to sign up, and the effects would be less catastrophic to insurers. I’ll link to my old “Medicare for Most” plan, which builds on this notion. > [@The most insane health insurance system in the world is in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-insane-health-insurance-system-in-the-world-is-in-the-us/979641/13): > > Back just before Biden was sworn in, I suggested that “Medicare for Most” should be the philosophy of his medical plans. The US already has a system in place for public funding of healthcare, the trick is to gradually get more and more people into this plan. Step one would be to end the medicare/medicaid split. Because Medicaid is directed primarily at poor children, it’s an easy target for anti-welfare sentiments. Make it all one program, and make entry requirements for new kids as easy as it… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-reasons-why-democrats-should-not-support-single-payer-universal-healthcare/1011638)._