Socialized Health Care in the USA

[kandrathe]

I admit I haven't studied his proposal in detail, but from what I've seen there is no proposal for complete government run healthcare. In fact the proposal sounds more like what kandrathe was talking about for his garbage or schools than socialized health care.

Yes, although the government will also offer its own "insurance" for those who fall between the cracks in the current system (the unemployed who are between jobs, people with pre-existing conditions who need catastrophic care, and possibly non-citizens).

In our state we have "Minnesota Care" which serves that role, although there are plenty of single adults (without children) also on the federally funded SChip (State Childrens Health Insurance Program). This is part of the reason that Minnesota has a budget crisis. There are more people riding in the wagon than people pulling the the load. In other words, I already live in a socialist utopia. At least until we run out of money and people that are willing to be over taxed.