Will Obamacare succeed where term limits failed?

[Lemur]

Not only taxes will go up, which would defeat the purpose of universal healthcare anyhow because you will be spending that money elsewhere, thus no savings, but if you don't go to the doctor's and take advantage of what you are paying....

This argument conveniently ignores the documented fact that single-payer healthcare programs are cheaper than our capitalist-socialist jackalope system. By a factor of at least 45%, if not more, depending on the system chosen for comparison. Our system is the most expensive in the world, by long margins. To argue that other systems yield "no savings" is either ignorant or mendacious.