Well, one thing is for sure... The US is the only developed nation that does not provide national health care... It spend 17% of its GNP on health care and lists 28th in th world on life expectancy and not too much better on infant mortality...

And another uncomfortable fact is that most new jobs are being created by small businesses that cannot afford to provide health isnurance because they are too small to qualify as a "group"...

That means that many couples without children are paying upwards of a $1000 amonth for just health insurance...

Now, if we had national health care we could afford to pay more taxes to cover it and still come out ahead...

This is a no brainer...

No, it's no free... But if we pooled our resources like other countries do into providing health care for everyone, our small businesses would be more competitive and if we modeled those reforms after countries with better life expectancy and less infant mortality we would be alot better off than we are with the current subterfuge of what is generally considered the American health care system...

That system is draining the country... It is equivalent to using leeches to heal desease...

The Reagan model is a complete failure and our current situation is "Exhibit A"... But worse than that, with the US being the engine that runs the world economy, we ahve also let down everyone else with 30 years of Reaganonomics... I mean, even Bill Clinton was a Reaganonomics student... We have not had one single break from this failed economic theory in 30 years and it's time to change what clearly ain't workin'...

B~