RK> is true that a considerable portion of the US population does not 
RK> have any
RK> health insurance and must rely on Maid and emergency room care
    That's effectively a form of "insurance".
    The near-universal practice of hospitals giving such care in nonemergency 
circumstances even for those who have a track record of never paying their 
bills for such care at the same hospital amounts to a guarantee of health 
care.
    The largest hospital in Greensboro, N.C. does a fortune in freebie care 
for deadbeats who aren't poor enough for Medicaid but lack other insurance. 
The hospital duns the patient who doesn't pay (and sues if the bill is high 
enough), but rarely collects.  That's a system of freebie care for the 
"uninsured" you care about!
RK> addition, the present system is being governed by bean counters and 
RK> lawyers
RK> - not the medical profession.
    Did you see that flow chart of Pres. Hillary's proposed health-"reform" 
plan?  Who did you think would control an individual patient's care under it, 
if not bean counters?
RK> world because we are the most undertaxed of the industrialized 
RK> countries.
    Or are the others just more overtaxed?
    Americans are steadily working more days of the year to pay their taxes, 
a trend that has not changed in years.
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