Wow too! The whole problem in a nutshell...there are so many ways to get universal healthcare...the military is the most like the UK and there are real issue with access for vets but my Dad has Medicare and the VA, and usually picked the VA. Canada is the system most like what I would call 'Medicare for All'....taxes pay for private health care. Of course one of the real issues with private health care is the growth in costs, over paid specialists, uneven access for rural/under served, and the lack of real measures of efficacy.  We spend too much treating conditions that are preventable...it's a real issue of responsibility. That said, this letter is Faux News-ish at it's best. Death panels, fear and loathing, and misinformation in the guise of argument. No person should ever best forced to let their child die, yet this happens too often in the US because of our stupid system of health-I-don;t-care. I like Canada, let's begin moving in this direction...add 50 years olds+ to Medicare.