Guaranteed Health Care
I watched a little of a debate tonight that included Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz, and it included a segment on the individual mandate. Even though this was not the focus of the debate, there was enough discussion on it that I heard Sanders several times complain that we are the only nation that doesn't guarantee health care for its citizens. (Sometimes he specified the only "advanced" country or some such.) I was hoping Ted Cruz would come back with an argument like the following: "Your strongest argument for guaranteed health care seems to be that every other nation has it. While this circumstance certainly means the concept merits consideration, I don't think we should jump to the conclusion that we should do it because other nations are doing it. Let's consider the circumstances of those other nations; how many of them are as large and diverse as the United States? Do any of them have a federal structure like we do that limits national power? Let&