many of the items you state I agree with completely,..........but one thing is a certainty in this country..........We are entering a situation where health care is a two tiered system.... If you are well off,,,,,,or have a damn good job with great health insurance,,,,you get the best care in the world.
if you are lower middle class,,,,,,,,,,a laborer,,,,,,or a typical minimum wage earner,,,,,,,,,,,with no health insurance,,,,because your employer can not afford it,,,or is too cheap. And for certain no low wage earner could afford private insurance............Or god forbid you have hep c or some other pre existing condition where insurance companies would not touch you with a ten foot pole........................you get very little care.
look at how many people don't fill prescriptions because it's either that or pay the rent.
sad