I think you're not reading my entire post, or you're missing something. I would expect to pay, and would gladly cough up 10% of my income for health care. And almost everyone else would too if they thought about how much they already pay in "company" benifit plans and riders on car insurance. A persons health is like the lottery. Some, a very few, win big by hardly ever getting sick. Some lose big by getting a disease or serious health problem and lose all they have, (and their families with them) In a wealthy, modern society such as hours, health care shouldn't depend on whether you're lucky enough to have a good job, a good education or good health genes. (I'm not discounting all the people who worked hard to get where they are. I did that too.) I don't believe in a system where the wealthY few have acess to health care. If you work hard, YOU DESERVE more STUFF! But a modern, wealthy nation should have the courage and sympathy to help everybody with something as basic as the RIGHT TO LIVE. To ignore our wealth and prosperity and ignore the sickly poor is a direct line back to to the Middle Ages, where only royalty and the upper crust had good access to help.
