Government Health care is the way to go  

Do you really want the very same people that caused this mess with the health care industry (congress) to set up your health care plan? They are in the pockets of the pharmecutical companies! I agree, something needs to be done but I'd rather have new people in congress setting it up first, not the republicans and democrats that work for the drug companies. I think the first change we need to embrace is changing WHO is in charge.

SUUUUUUUUUURE. Put it right 100% in the hands of the people who screwed things up in the first place.
Rorie, you really should stick to what you know, you are an intelligant individual but you repeatedly demonstrate a glaring lack of understanding on American governmewntal principals. We are not austalia, or europe, or canada. We ARE NOT nor are we EVER going to be a socialist nation. We are a freemarket based, constitutional federation. Things like that simply do not work here. And deste the loud complaints, most people who want change, also do NOT want the govrenment to be part of that change. It simply is not us. We have put so many safeguards in our system to try and keep government out of our lives and guarant our individual freedoms that to involve the government in this way is to grate against the principals we founded on and endear ourselves to fiercly.
jeese, and people complain about the U.S. sticking it's nose in other country's business

I am really surprised to read your posting about health care in US. In fact the gaints of Pharmaceuticals are based there. I do not understand why your government is not taking the health care issue seriously. As far as I know that it is US, giving advises,suggestions and controlling methods and even aid to other developing countries. In india, purticularly in Chennai City, the GH is the best. And they provide best treatment. They give free treatment to poor, whatever costly is the treatment. they also give treatment to rich people at a nominal cost. People from other parts of the country come to Chennai GH for treatment. I use to advise to my known people, when they are having some serious sickness to visit GH, because I am totally convinced that diagnosis and treatment is the best in our GH.

Granted they have messed up in the pass, but I agree. It will happen eventually and with that said, the citizens should remain open minded about it and try to see it from a different perspective.
You are aleady paying taxes and it's only fair that you get what you pay for. I strongly believe that if there were more lobbyists for the matter as opposed to people being indifferent about it, you would really see things changing for the better.
That's just mu very humbled opinion. Does anyone else agree?

what happens if the government spending and the grant is not sustainable and you have to find other means to procure health facilites for yourselfam quite sure that your country's government is a serious one unilke african government which cannot sustain any programme successfully

Hi, you should feel very bad that the companies do, but you should see what is health here in Brazil, our country is no quitting the post because of such things and other more, it all just think of their profits and that gives us a way to live.Bye.

How will government funded health care be paid for? I theory it looks great free health care for everyone but then dig deeper and see how much it will really cost. Who will pay the doctors and nurses who shell out thousands of dollars for their education? How will they be able to pay back the lenders? Would you want to work in an environment where everything you do is dictated by a government agent? The government would end up just like private insurance in that some one with no medical traing would make life and death decisions. Find practical solutions and plausable answers to all the questions I have and then maybe I will get behind government run health care. That is not very likely.

I agree something needs to be done about the healthcare in America. I'm not so sure turning it over to the government is such a good idea since they seem to be controlled by the pharmeceutical companies. I think there needs to be some sort of separate private agency that enstates a universal healthcare plan in America. While yes we may have to pay higher taxes for it, we will end up paying in the long run for our already failing healthcare system. Part of the reason healthcare prices are so high in the US is because of the people that go into get healthcare and can't afford to pay for it. So we end up paying in higher insurance premiums and depleting benefits.