Public service, BB? Oh...I forgot! Such an idea as public service is sacrilege, isn't it? ;-)

Well, we have a single payer health coverage plan in Canada that IS done as a public service, and it costs considerably less per capita than the USA's present government health costs do. Our medical personnel are also quite well paid. I haven't seen any doctors here who cannot afford a nice house and a modern car and a prosperous life. I've heard they can earn even MORE in the USA...and that's where they can go if they don't mind working for a criminal oligarchy, I guess.