Owen,
I’ll take a stab at it on behalf of Mr. Kimball; and I’ll even spot you your two points and assume that health care costs less in Canada and that Canadians live longer. And, by the way, I don’t expect this argument to convince you. I only hope to show you where we’re coming from:
Even if government regulation of health care were “better” for me in every objectively verifiable way, I would still be against it. The only legitimate role of the Federal Government is to secure the Liberty of We the People who created that Government. When We the People created this Government, we consentually assigned it certain very limited powers. When it acts beyond those powers, it acts without our consent. Even when it does this for our “good” it is an act of brutality.
To put it another way, and to quote from the Big Lebowski (something I attempt to do once per day): “Ya know Walter, there IS an unspoken message here. IT’S F%$# YOU! LEAVE ME THE F*&% ALONE!”
Seriously, could you just leave me alone?