Similar systems are very popular in other countries

Critics of a single-payer healthcare system often cite that it would simply not work in the United States. However, many of our closest allies—the UK, Canada, and Australia—offer healthcare at no cost to its citizens. Plus, much of Europe either has a hybrid system or offers care at a substantially subsidized cost. Clearly, these critics have got it wrong. Considering the countries that have successfully created healthcare systems that create low financial burdens on patients enjoy the same, or better, quality of life as the US, it can hardly be stated their systems are failing. For example, up to 87 percent of the UK is 'proud' of their National Health Service (NHS), according to YouGov.^[1] Similarly, Canada enjoys nearly identical support for their public healthcare system.^[2] Public healthcare may require more public spending, but it clearly comes at no cost to the popularity of the system. More importantly, while the quality of care is generally rated favorably in the US, nearly half of the country is not satisfied with the cost of care.^[3] Considering the popularity of single-payer systems, as well as the quality of care, the US should not be wary of moving towards a Medicare for All style plan.

[P1] Similar systems enjoy high popularity in other English speaking countries. [P2] The US has a higher proportion of citizens worried about healthcare costs. [C] The popularity of systems similar to Medicare for All belies the notion that these systems are worse-off than the current healthcare approach in the US.