k wrote:
] ] Many Americans fear that a universal health plan would
] ] cost too much, even though the market system has already
] ] given the U.S. the world%u2019s most expensive health
] ] care. They fear the long waits they have heard about in
] ] Canada, even though comparable waiting times for tests
] ] and procedures are commonplace in many parts of the U.S.
] ] Lastly, they fear government-decreed rationing, even
] ] though health care is already rationed in the most
] ] inequitable of ways.
]
] [ An interesting article in favor of single payer health care.
] I'm not sure what my standing is on this issue, but I know
] that there are areas of human activity that aren't well served
] by free market solutions. I'm pretty sure health care is one
] of them, but I'm interested in reading as much as possible. I
] think health care will emerge as the primary battleground in
] this country over the next decade, assuming we aren't overrun
] by Osama. -k]

Whats more, if government does at least as good a job at healthcare as the private sector does, it would go a long way towards inspiring civic mindedness in the American people.