Government run programs, unions, etc. are outperformed by a wide margin by the free and open market. Research and development of new products and drugs are driven by the potential of profit. If there is no profit, no financial gain, then there is no drive to develop new products. If socialized medicine is implemented in the United States, our research and development of new drugs will go down, and our status as a world power, specifically, and world power in the development of medicine will fall.

Politicians are driven by power – how do they obtain power? By forcing the population to be dependent on government. The more government run programs that are implemented, the more people who are forced to rely on them, the more power the government and politicians have. Don’t be naive and think politicians really care about doing the right thing (even if it’s not the popular choice, or could cost them their career), they want to do what pleases their buddies and gains them more power.