I posted a few things on "that other thread" that more properly belong here. First of all, a few facts:

The World Health Organization ranks the U.S. health care system 37th in the world for quality and 55th for fairness.

The United States is the only industrialized country that does not have universal health care.

For a country that likes to think of itself as the moral leader of the world, I'd say we're not doing very well.

And second, a powerful advocate for Universal Health Care in the United States is Jim McDermott, Democratic Representative from the 7th Congressional District of Washington State. Jim McDermott, by the way, is a doctor

He has this to say about Universal Health Care:   CLICKY.

Obviously, McDermott favors Universal Health Care (sponsoring a bill in Congress), but his speech is well-laden with interesting facts and figures. Well worth reading as a primer on the subject.

Don Firth