-=> Quoting Pierre Renault to Bob Klahn <=-
 PR> Nope. Here's why you need national health care. It costs twice per
 PR> capita for health care in the US compared to Canada. Twenty percent
 PR> of the population has no protection whatsoever. People with insurance 
 PR> work packages are usually restricted as to which doctor they can deal 
 PR> with, those doctors are restricted as to what services they can
 PR> perform. 
 PR> Meanwhile, we can go to any hospital we wish, use any doctor we want, 
 PR> get second opinions, get whatever care is necessary. All at half the
 PR> cost.
I always get a laugh when people compare the USA to very white
countries (consider, most of many classes of violent crime are
committed by the black 13% of the population).
Anyway, we have essentially a socialized health care system.
There is hardly any free-market pressure to control costs
and improve health care.  A national health care system
would simply be less chaotic than the kind of defacto
socialized system we have now.
But, allow me to correct some of your misconceptions.  There
is no such thing as 20% of the population with "no protection
whatsoever."  The middle-class and the rich have insurance
and the poor have "welfare" medical care.  And, just about
anyone can pick any doctor they want, although no one does
so with any concern for what the doctor costs.
BTW, a national medical care system is illegal in the
United States, as if anyone really pays attention to the
US Constitution.
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