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Another reason laws should be changed for buying health insurance so people can shop across state lines in order to get the cheapest rates and for a policy that best suits their needs.

Nothing like competition to bring down the costs of anything.

But we only need to look at the same people who claim to be helping to provide better or free health care that is keeping that from happening.

It's the 535 members in both houses of congress who the insurance lobbies are paying off to keep that from happening.

Obamacare most certainly did NOT do that at all.  I don't have any idea where you get your "information".

https://economics21.org/challenge-selling-health-insurance-across-states

Don't laugh...if we ever get Single Payer healthcare here  you can expect more of the same.
Free government paid healthcare is unaffordable.
To help eliminate some of the burden there will be no treatment for seniors over a certain age or anyone with expensive cancer and other terminal illnesses......not cost effective for the pencil pushers in DC.

Most people with Medicare have supplemental health coverage that absorbs a big part of the cost.
Apparently you aren't on Medicare yet.
I ain't that old yet.  

It's become almost impossible to find doctors that will treat Medicare patients so they simply won't see elderly . After moving to Alabama we went over a year before finding one and that was only because my daughter's family doctor was kind enough to grandfather us in. Until then we were driving back to Tennessee to our family doctor ( 180 mile round trip)
With single payer, doctors have no choice.
How long have you been on Medicare?   Has the access issues always been the case for you, or has it gotten worse in the past few years?  Most of my dealings with Medicare has been anectdotal with family members.  There have been no access issues that I am aware of, but everyone's situation may be different.  I have certainly questioned the quality of care sometimes, but that is more to do with living in a rural area, away from any metropolitan area.  That is not a Medicare issue.  And for your example of non-treatment for older patients, I had a family member that was given radiation and chemotherapy for cancer in their 80's.  I personally disagreed with taking such aggressive treatments on someone with that advanced age, but it is difficult for anyone to admit that sometimes doing nothing is the best option.  The treatments probably sped up their death, and it certainly didn't enhance the quality of life in the end.  

Two things will happen.......there will be a severe shortage of doctors as they will not be able to survive on medicare ( or single payer) payments.
Those doctors who still are around will not be able to give elderly or terminal patients the care they require as they will not have time nor will they be paid adequately to stay in business.
Those people will get pain killers and best wishes.
I agree that a "Medicare for All' type of solution will lead to reduced compensation for physicians, and less access to care due to higher participation rates.  The average doctor in the US makes $300,000/year, and if their pay was cut 20% to $240,000/year, they would be livid, but they could survive, and if they wanted to quit, what else are they going to do that pays them  that much?  The long-term effect would be to reduce the numbers of the best and brightest going in to the medical field, because there would be better financial opportunities in other fields.  And obviously that will eventually impact the quality of care as well.