Does anyone really think that U.S. Govt. provided healthcare is the answer, the same govt. that operates Social Security? Look now at how so many truly disabled folks have to fight tooth and nail just to receive SSDI. I have seen battles of folks trying to get SSDI as bad if not worse than trying to get a private insurance company to cover issues.

Our politicians can't even (should read won't) control our borders for fear of losing votes. Votes and continued power is the only thing that interests them and the same goal would foremost in their minds while formulating a healthcare plan.

Government, both federal and local, are one of the reasons for so many problems and costs with private healthcare. To give one simple example, in GA as well as in many other states, the state insurance commission (may have different name in other states) dictates to insurance carriers what they can and cannot offer in the way of coverages. Individual consumers cannot pick and choose the coverages they wish to pay for to where they can essentially customize their coverage plan. This would have a major effect on the cost of coverage with the consumer having the freedom of picking and choosing. For instance, why should a man or woman 60 years old be forced to buy health insurance that provides for maternity benefits? Why should a devout non-drinker or drug user be forced to pay an insurance premium that includes coverage for substance abuse treatment? Such examples go on and on but this is just one area that could be looked at. You may have wondered the same thing as to why insurance companies can't sell something closer to what you want as an individual. The answer is that such issues are dictated by state government.

The train wreck known as healthcare is a mess but who can really straighten it out who won't be addressing their own agenda in the process?

Bill D.