re: "Our current health care system ....works"
The childlike faith that the Nanny State will care for all of us seems to persist in spite of decades of evidence that it doesn't work all that well.
You honestly think state health care isn't going to have gatekeeping?
Please look at what's happening in England, a system that's been around long enough to start crumbling.
Fighting for Alzheimer's treatment
Infection problems
The personnel issues in this latter case are typical of government monopolies. See also: education.
Patients, the Conservatives promise, can choose to be treated in the private or public sector as long as the cost is the same or below that of the NHS. If the cost is higher, patients cannot top up the NHS with their own money.
Sure! Private solutions are there as long as they can undercut the prices of an operation supported by taxation.
Shared misery is the normal result of collectivization of anything. There are certain kinds of envious minds who would rather have lousy care for everyone than see anyone get better care than someone else.