Oh, yeah, they will “tell you where to go” all right. I certainly believe that everyone should have available health care but your point of “minor treatment” is actually one of the reasons I am against my tax money further funding National Health Care. There are things that do need to be changed in our health care system, but the Nanny government is not the answer. I haven’t seen any recent statistics so I can’t give you a “link”, but a few years ago there was a report on the length of time that it took to get an appointment for treatment/tests for much more than minor complaints in countries that do have National Health Care (i.e., Canada and UK) and the time was astounding.

Right now, those charities get money from people who can afford to pay for other’s health care. Under a taxed system many of the people who can’t afford to pay for others will be forced into it.

More and more of the lower and middle class will be forced into the public health care system since they can no longer afford their own private insurance. Thus they have been forced into a government controlled health care system.

Private organizations such as charities will be much more efficient than a government system. Charities can hire employees based on experience, talent, etc. Government agencies have to hire based on affirmitive action.

National Heath Care would prevent Drs. from charging $150.00 for 15 mins!

Most Americans have a very poor understanding of this, it is true, and form their “personal opinions” on what they have been lobbied to believe rather than on the facts. National healthcare operates in tandem with a private system everywhere it is used in “free” countries.

If purely privatized healthcare is so wonderful, why does the US have such high rates of infant mortality, ******* in the elderly, teenage pregnancy, etc., etc.?

Look at the track record the government has speaks to it better than I can.

Every government program that started off to help turns into a nightmare of controling.

yes, they will tell you where to go, but who wants to go there.