It would save people money. Coverage would be better. More would be covered. See, WaPo, The Lancet, MSN.COM, Yale News, NewsWeek, PLOS, and iflsckence.com.
Truth vs MSNBC, the GOP, the White House, and Mitch saying "Your taxes will go up, scorn, scorn, scorn"? With the web full of conflicting rhetoric, figure what to trust. Also, however, because the future is hard to predict, exercise judgment in what to think and believe. Keep an open mind.