Thanks for the Slate link katlaughing. Timothy Noah's article was excellent. The best point he made was what a boon a single payer system would be to U.S. companies in re global competitiveness. I have been saying this for years and I've wondered why U.S. companies (other than insurance companies) haven't got on board the universal healthcare train. Just this week the UAW is negotiating a new contract with one of the Big 3 Automakers (I forget which one but it doesn't really matter since once they iron out a deal with one, the others will sign the same deal.) and the biggest sticking point is healthcare.