Yep. Leave the choice to the people. But I'm not buying it yet. He talks smooth like a used car sales man.

yes i think from previous experience if the gov gets involved things go down rapidly.

That takes the piss,I feel sorry for the americans, don't worry the uk lets anybody in so you can always get passport to my country and get free nhs help, lol.

I want Obama to stay out of my personal life, my health care and my health records. In my opinion, the goal should be to help those who are not insured because they cannot afford it, but WANT TO BE INSURED, be able to be insured. That can be accomplished by expanding Medicaid to higher incomes and charge on a sliding scale. There is no reason for the government to interfere in and compete with the private health care industry.

I grew up with both the UK system of the NHS (National Health Services) and the US's private system and I have to say that I prefer the NHS to the private healthcare provided in the US. I do feel that the UK system is far from perfect and overly bureaucratic and it's a hassle to wait to be served, but some operations that get quoted in the states end up being near unreasonable in my opinion. Granted that privatised healthcare promotes competition which in turn promotes innovation and advances, but I'd still rather have to wait to get treated for my illness than not be able to afford to get treated. From my understanding, what a lot of Americans seem to have a problem with is that Obama wants to turn private healthcare into a government system. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought what he was saying was that he wants to offer the government funded system as an alternative with a lower overhead that allows them to insure the people who otherwise would be unable to afford insurance so everyone can get treated by doctors. Then again, he is a politician and I take anything that comes out of a politician's mouth with a pinch of salt. So to answer your question after my rambling, from what I understand of Obama's plan, no I'd rather have government healthcare.

In of itself, a government health care plan might be a good thing...BUT...when I look at all the other government run programs here in the U.S. I think another plan of action is needed.

We already have government healthcare. It's called Medicare and Medicaid, the two programs for the elderly and low income bracket that can't afford adequate insurance on their own. Problem is, we can't afford to pay the medical bills on those two programs now.