"If the unemployment number are going down and uninsured numbers are going up then it seems to me by the process of LOGICAL thinking that either taxes are too high for the individual or employers can't offer benefits like once before because the corporate taxes are too high."

Guest, perplexed: Your LOGICAL thinking leaves out a lot of other possibilities. Like taxes are low enough but the cost of health care is so high that neither individuals or employer's can afford it.

And, yes, let's look at Canada. While you are reporting anecdotal evidence, the facts are that Canada spends about half as much per capita on health care as the U.S. does and they have a higher life expectancy and a much lower infant mortality rate.

Bev and Jerry