Having lived in France for four of the last five years, I can speak from experience about the "horrors" of living under universal health care:
Drug costs: I take three prescription drugs. The combined cost for these same drugs in the US is SIX TIMES higher than what I paid in France.
Doctor's visits: My language teacher insisted I misunderstood her question when I told her that in the US doctors do not make house calls. In France, when you are sick with a cold or bronchitis, you call SOS-MEDCIN and A DOCTOR COMES TO YOUR HOUSE. The cost is $15-$20, for which you are reimbursed.
Emergency Room: While travelling in France with a friend from the US, he got something in his eye that required us to go to the Emergency room. Upon arriving, the guard looked at my friend and said, "You need the Emergency Eye Clinic." EMERGENCY EYE CLINIC? We registered and then waited about 10 minutes to see an Ophthalmologist. She took a small sliver from his eye, treated it, and patched it. Then we went to the cashier, who apologized profusely that we had to pay up front for treatment because my friend had forgotten his US insurance card. Total cost for emergency treatment: $45!!!
Rehabilitation: A French friend was hit by a motorcycle. Her injuries were quite severe, so she received physical therapy twice a week until she fully recovered. There was no time limit for her treatment. During the same period, an older friend in the US was struggling with osteoporosis. Her insurance allowed her only 10 treatments with a physical therapist, which she then had to stop - even though the treatments helped her pain considerably - because she could not afford to pay for treatments out of pocket.
Private insurance costs: Because I travelled often to third world countries, I carried private insurance while living in France. For complete coverage including Medivac, I paid $1500/year (with a $1000 deductible). This covered me anywhere in the world EXCEPT the United States! If I had wanted to include coverage for the United States, the rates would have increased to $3,500! So whenever I travelled back to the US, I did not have health insurance.

Now that I am living in the US again, I cannot afford health insurance. I am self-employed, and quite simply am not making enough money to buy health insurance and also eat.

Having lived for long periods of time in both healthcare systems, I can attest that universal care is the more functional, compassionate, and necessary system. It is time, America, to make our elected representatives listen.