yes, but I think I wont see it in my lifetime

No, for three reasons: 1. The implementation would take at least three years and would cause massive problems during that time. 2. The medical care has been statistically proven to be inferior. 3. Massive abuses will occur. This is not to say that the current system is ideal. Medical emergencies should be considered a societal issue and pricing controls should be put on lifesaving proceedures. Lastly, people should be able to purchase insurance from across state lines.

Everyone has the oppurtunity to get health care, but everyone cannot afford it. While "Universal Health Care" sounds like a good idea, and at the base it is, there are some downfalls. Americans are always looking for a perfect answer and there is not. The one thing that I would never want to do again is go to a hospital, and to have to do that for strep throat or just to get my medication renewed would be sad. Also, would you now "want" to be a doctor?? Would the pay for being a doctor go down?? Don't get me wrong, some people want to be a doctor because they want to help people, and some just want the $$$. Now knowing that you might specialize in neurology, but be testing people for flu like symptoms on a day to day basis. The government should start(and or work hand-in-hand) an insurance agency to help those without, or those that cannot afford health care, and take it out of there taxes. Democrats constantly tell people they are going to cut taxes. Hell, all politicians say they are. But people hear "Universal health care" and don't understand how much they will pay in taxes. I would want to know every detail before voting for or against this. I could get into the whole illegal immigrant jumping the border to get help from Americas "free doctors", but that is just opening Pandoras Box....

Yes, and it is very possible. All our government has to do is expand the Military health system to include all civilians as well. Only doctors under a system of accountablility will they end up giving the best healthcare. Currently doctors are rewarded with bonuses from insurance and drug corporations for not giving the best care. Let the cosmetic system have its own set of rules so that elective surgery is not covered by the rest of the working public.

Yes please!

I think so and I'm a Libertarian.lol A lot of people don't have insurance. These people get sick or injured and end up going to the emergency room. This can cost thousand of dollars and they usually can't pay. It would be far more fiscally effective to have a Primary Care Dr. for everyone. This has been shown to cost less in the long run in some studies. And if you could use some of the wasted 10 to 12 billion dollars we spend a month on the Iraq debacle we would be set.

I don't think it will be possible because the doctors and drug companies make too much money. How will they pay for their fancy cars and homes?

I think it's very necessary. Far too many people fail to get treatment for something serious because of lack of funds. A friend of mine was scheduled for surgery last summer to clear her blocked arteries, but didn't have it because she had no insurance and couldn't pay for the surgery. Last month she had a stroke. If we had a universal health care plan, she would be OK today. There are countless cases like that.

No. Since when has the US government managed any bureaucratic program effectively? Social Security? War on Drugs? Welfare? etc, etc... And now you want to turn over your health to them? The more responsibility we turn over to the government, the worse the service and the higher the total cost. If we're going to fix health care let's move towards privatization which will actually reduce costs.

Of course we should have universal health care. Canada has it and Mexico has it. We are the only country in north America that doesn't. We have the number one health care in the world, only if you consider cost. Other measurements like over all health, hospital mortality rates, infant mortality, and many other measurements of success put us 40 or 50 from the top. We subsidize cheap drugs for the rest of the world by paying more than anyother country and all we get for this is multi-billion dollar health care CEO's and infectious diseases aquired at the hospital. Members in our family are involved in health care. Doctors are getting poorer because of HMO demands, hospitals are short changed and closing, and nursing staff is overworked and under paid. If we don't know how to design a single payer plan we should hire Canadian consultants.

Of course. How else can we get everyone pilled up and sneak population control past the religious peeps. Side-effects, yeah right... those are still effects people.

Yes I watched a special on that last night and even Cuba has one and a lot of 3rd world countries and it world. Something must be done as a little girl that was 3 months was turned away because of no insurance here in America and she died. Hospitals that were treating people found out they did not insurance and stopped the treatment and put them in a cab and had the cab driver drop them off in front of a mission a d just set them out on the curve. It is pitiful when Americans are be neglected and illegal immigrants are given health care.

I say "Yes", but the Devil is in the details.

Yes.. I've lost all but 7 teeth because of no insurance, ended up a heroin addict to kill pain because of no insurance, lost 5 days work last week because of no insurance and live in constant pain because of no insurance and every single bit could be prevented, but won't because people want everything, but want "government" to borrow to pay for it instead of paying taxes. Meanwhile we have millions just like myself having to resort to crime to obtain relief from pain because they, like me cannot get these basic needs taken care of. I've been on methadone, a medication that costs a clinic about 3 cents per 100 milligrams, but I pay $11 for 15 milligrams every single day. Even though I go to that clinic I cannot get basic health care, just methadone ONLY. If that isn't F'ed up tell me what is.

I had an accident while I worked a project in England. The hospital there was almost an exact copy of my local hospital except check in is much faster. When I went into the emergency room, I was examined by an Indian doctor, just like home. I really liked the orthopedic specialist, she was from France and much better looking and nicer than the guy that treated me at home. My wife has been a Registered Nurse for almost 40 years and we know many doctors and hospital administrators. I know that doctors, nurses, and hospitals are going broke working with the HMO's. I also know that every year the HMO's are paying less and less for services and in the meantime my costs rise. Every doctor, except plastic surgeons, I talked to would welcome a "single payer plan", nurses prefer it, the hospitals would be compensated for the work they do, and the patients would be treated before their condition requires an emergency room visit. The only loosers are the HMO's and drug company. To me, there's no downside.

YES please!

It works for me in Canada...twice I have been ill...once critically and got great help for free.....

I agree 100 % with that idea!!! It would solve so many high prices charged by doctors/hospitals/pharmacies/ some times my mother cant get all her meds she needs due to one pill can be too costly for her and if there isnt a generic for it she is SOL which is not right so YES lets have a nation wide insurance so our kids and parents can get the proper med and care they need, and of course us too !!! great question !