A conservative Republican (me) supports single-payer (very reluctantly), because there is no real alternative

The plain fact is that about half of Republicans — including me — objects to Obysmalcare not due to the way in which it attempts to provide insurance coverage for everyone, but that the government is trying to provide health care coverage for those who cannot or will not pay for it themselves in the first place. The problem is that the other half of Republicans might hate Obumblecare¹ but agree with the cockamamie notion that the government should be responsible for providing health care coverage, and the GOP’s electoral advantage depends in part on a significant number of people who would lose health insurance or Medicaid if the current law is repealed....
http://www.redstate.com/diary/kentucky_dana/2017/07/20/conservative-republican-supports-single-payer-reluctantly-no-real-alternative/