First, single-payer is not socialized medicine; it's no different than the way Medicare is administered, and I don't see older people having to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to enroll in it when they are eligible, so I don't think there would be any mountainous leap for most people to make if offered the opportunity.

Second, there have been studies done that show single-payer creating jobs, not eliminating them.  Many currently employed in the private companies would transition to the new system - when you potentially add all Americans to a plan, there's going to be a need for people to work within that now much larger system.

HR 676 (Improved Medicare for All) has programs to assist BHIP (Big Health Industry Players) workers adversely affected by moving to single payer Medicare (Improved!) for All. Not for execs, however....

Doctors, hospitals, and other medical providers would be able to have smaller office staffs since the vastly lessened burdensome paperwork, calling to insurers, submitting and resubmitting claims, arguing about denials of service and claims would not be necessary.  

Of course, the trained medical personnel who currently work to deny care could work providing care, if more people could afford it. Eh?

Then there's the moral question: Is it worth 45,000 dying from lack of coverage and care each year to provide jobs for people who work for the corporations which prevent them from having CARE?

We were aghast at under 3000 people killed by terrorists. We were willing to go to war over their deaths and the perceived danger of more terrorism.

But, about 45,000? Meh, their deaths are not recorded, come in dribs and drabs, so are not really considered important. Just the American way of life ... and death.

I can get on Medicare in 334* days, so I will be sorta OK, but millions of people will still not be anywhere near OK. I don't want them to have to deal with the stress and exorbitant expense of the US style inurance parasites; I want everyone in, nobody out. I want the dread of bankruptcy removed at least for health care reasons. I want people to seek rewarding employment without fear of not having employer provided health insurance.

Sen. Jim Bunning holds floor: 'Tough s--t'

it doesnt really sound to me like it was known in advance.  also funny that they wont spell it out since they are in the business of dishing out steaming piles of it day after day.