All this in exchange for universal health coverage. Take a look around you. Oh, and the part about the inefficient government bureaucracy. Times have changed, and physicians have changed their minds. As managed care companies continue to merge, their clout increases.
Patients are investments.
There is an alternative. No patient would have to worry about being turned down. Such a system would be run by the government which is answerable to the voters who are the people who need the health care. Decisions would be made with a goal of keeping patients happy and healthy, not making someone a profit. We do, through our taxes.