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Yeah, there's a reason why there's such a massive resistance to things like public transit and universal healthcare; it's because desperate plebs are easier to abuse. Someone dependent on their employer-provided health insurance will be less likely to step out of line when their access to important stuff like insulin is threatened.
The problems inherent to the system could be effectively papered over for a few decades by paying wages that outstripped inflation without layoff threats, allowed single-earner households to afford to own a house and two cars, take vacations, provide for several kids if they so chose, and then pensions.
The bootstrap group seems to forget what they had. Health insurance is certainly a major component, but single-payer on its own solves none of the other devolvements.