hopefully by removing federal funding and making patients act more like consumers. works for every other industry.

Obama has a 15 page document on his website detailing the health care problem as he sees it, and his proposed solutions. McCain and 3 pages describing the issue and his plans.

Reading these would be much more informative than any comments you will get here.

Hopefully, they won't try and fix a concern that needs a scalpel by using an ax.
America arguably has the best and most advanced health care system in the world - bar none.
Not perfect by any means - none the less, it's simply the best.

Well, Obama will see to it that an excess of 50% of your gross wages will go to federal income taxes. That's just a start. He has big plans for your money.

For anyone who thinks America has the best health care system in the world please provide your personal qualifications and experience with other health care systems to substantiate your statement. We are as far down on the list for infant mortality, deaths of mothers and life expectancy as many third world countries, and many have better statistics than the USA.

America has a great healthcare system…if you can afford it.

Currently, the US spends the same amount of money (per GDP) or more than Western European countries with universal access to medical care. (check out the OBM statistics for 2007)

Obama's plan is a better organized and planned out than McCain's but either is still far less than allowing all citizens the right to basic health care.

I pay taxes to the government….and they better be helping someone.

None !! … They should NOT !!!!

It is NOT the responsiblity of the hardworking taxpayers to finance a Socialist / Communist / Liberal / Marxist Government Hand-Out Program that the government is "supposed" to "manage" - - destined for failure like Social Security and Medicare / Medicaid.
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I have NOTHING against helping the elderly and the young.
I DO have a problem SUPPORTING the able-bodied people that do NOT want to get off of their butts and EARN an honest living - instead of "FEEDING" off of hard working citizens.
AND they teach their children, and their children's children HOW to FEED off of government programs !!

Just realize … that those of us that ACTUALLY have to work for a living, are getting tired of PAYING for the Democrats idea of HELPING.
Shouldn't MANDATORY Urine Tests be REQUIRED of people that are requesting "government handouts"?

IF you are on LEGAL prescription drugs, then you will not have a problem proving it !!
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IF YOU had spent years getting a PhD and then the government TELLS you that your ability to make a really good living is being taken away, WHAT would YOU do ?? Probably the same thing that a lot of medical professional would do … change careers !!! With that kind of education, WHO wants to be told that your income is limited and you have to SEE a hundred people a day and you cannot provide quality care because you are rushed???

Would Universal HealthCare end up being like our Social Security system - THAT ELECTED POLITICIANS ARE NOT A PART OF, BECAUSE THEY HAVE AND SUPPORT their own Retirement system - -
- the Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan?

SO, WHY would they WANT to FIX a government program that THEY are NOT REQUIRED to participate in?
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Standing ovation for 'Troll Hunter Too'!!

I'm going to keep it simple for those of you not in the health care field.

The 100 billion dollars are not wasted each year. They go into paying for medicare/medicaid. If you have private insurance, they help front the bill for the 5% of the sickest people who require >80% of the healthcare resources.

Without the 'healthy peoples' money, we would not have enough money to pay for the care of the very sick people. For example, we have 100 people all paying $100/wk for their insurance. If just 10 of these people become ill, each requiring just 3 days of ICU care, they would easily eat up $200,000. You need the 'healthy people' that don't use the medical resource to help pay for it; otherwise, the insurance company would go bankrupt.

Read: Dr. David Gratzer's, The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Healthcare. Maybe that will give you some insight on how complex the issue really is.