I find it helps to go into the details when trying to sell people on health care reform (I've also had these discussions with conservative family members).
First of all "universal healthcare" itself is pretty vague. Most developed countries have universal access to health care for less money but they do it in a lot of different ways, from NHS like systems to multi-payer systems like in France and Germany.
So reform could be a lot of things from a public option on insurance exchanges to single-payer with government-run hospitals like some other English-speaking developed countries. Honestly, I feel like people who are worried about second being actually implemented well are not necessarily just ignorant, for example the VA system in the US is structured in a similar way and a lot of people have terrible experiences with it. So at that point I usually acknowledge their concerns and point to other developed country systems that don't have the same single point of failure.
When you say "universal healthcare" are you trying to sell them on single payer specifically? I think the argument is stronger by letting go of that and just focusing on the costs and results compared to other countries.
First of all "universal healthcare" itself is pretty vague. Most developed countries have universal access to health care for less money but they do it in a lot of different ways, from NHS like systems to multi-payer systems like in France and Germany.
So reform could be a lot of things from a public option on insurance exchanges to single-payer with government-run hospitals like some other English-speaking developed countries. Honestly, I feel like people who are worried about second being actually implemented well are not necessarily just ignorant, for example the VA system in the US is structured in a similar way and a lot of people have terrible experiences with it. So at that point I usually acknowledge their concerns and point to other developed country systems that don't have the same single point of failure.
When you say "universal healthcare" are you trying to sell them on single payer specifically? I think the argument is stronger by letting go of that and just focusing on the costs and results compared to other countries.