[magic452]

No I don't trust the government enough to run health care, hospitals. etc.
One of the reasons is that the government is so distant from the people.

This thread is a perfect example of this. Health care reform was supposed to be passed last August without any debate or input from anyone other than a few Democrats. People protesting delayed it and if there hadn't been a special election it would have passed now by hook or crook.

Would you trust a government that bribed Senators the way this bunch just did, or tried to sneak it into law without anybody even having a chance to read it?

What I was tying to say is though government health care may work in a country with a much smaller population and much smaller area doesn't mean it will work here. There is too diverse a population here for a one size fits all approach. Different regions and different gropes have very much different needs. A health care system that works good here in Nevada most certainly would not be good in L A or New York city.

A very good example is Medicare Advantage plans, Government paid HMOs. My brother was on one and he received excellent health care in Nevada but I know others in L A that received very poor care under the same system run by the same company.

Magic