No, no, no, Miles. The Republicans are right. It would kill old people. Not directly, but because they can't wait.
America doesn't have the best health care by results. It has the best health care by low wait times. We absolutely pay through the nose for those low wait times, but we NEED them.
Why? Some European socialists say it's because we're just impatient. Or stupid. What they don't recognize is that we have to get back to work so we don't lose our job, and thus our health insurance. It's certainly not likely that insurance has a generous sick-leave policy.
It's a very simple and sensible system, really. And "uniquely American", which is apparently *always* a good thing.
Of course much of that doesn't apply to retired old people. I guess they're just impatient.