Hopefully the Republican scare tactics won't succeed this time around.
Doug, you said in your initial post you were satisfied with Medicare. Why would you have reservations about Medicare, a government run program, being extended to the entire population? I do wish Congress had the courage to do that.
Screw the insurance companies who have been ripping off the public for decades.
And while we're at at it, screw the HMO's who dictate what we can get reimbursed for under our private insurance plans.