American Universal Healthcare could change America's political leanings

The US is engulfed in a divisive debate between democrats and republicans over Universal Healthcare versus the status quo. The opponents to universal healthcare are against it not just because they object to funding it but they view a loss in this battle could have deeper effects on the political right. If a universal healthcare system could be successfully implemented the United States could move further to other progressive policies.

All other industrial countries have a state-funded healthcare system and there is deep opposition to any dismantling of those systems all over the world. The US has the most decentrailized government in the world where individuals and NGO's are responsible for delivering services that governments deliver.

The slippering slope for the political right is higher taxes, more government services, and more equitable taxation. A more progressive America could also move into political affairs with less military action and a more activist approach towards global warming, global poverty, and ending global conflict.