"like Bernie Sanders. Just roll Medicare and Medicaid into one and apply it to everyone."

I am going to disagree on the ideology - (No-one would ever accuse me of being a bleeding heart liberal)

To me the irony of this whole debate is that Sander's proposal is the most PRO-business, small Government policy the US could implement. The Tea Party should be all over it.

If the US implemented it, they could massively cut healthcare wastage, and thus Government spending. It's the constant clogging up of ER's by Medicare patients that sends the bill through the roof for simply awful outcomes.

Then let anyone who wants it pay extra for additional insurance/ services/  avoid the Death Panels - works well in France, Germany, UK, ....

It would increase labour mobility, allowing the work force to become much more dynamic. 

Ironically it is one of the proposals that "Free-Market" Americans propose to China to help reduce excess savings.