Arthur, you make good points about the quality of U.S. health care. It is true that many people from around the world come to the U.S. for top notch care. And for most of us with a solid health insurance plan in place, we probably wouldn't want to trade our health care for many around the world. But there is another side to it. We all have heard of the millions who don't have any health insurance. We also have heard of the burdens that our health care system is putting on our corporate and small business competitiveness. We also know that on a micro level those with poor or no health insurance who face a health crisis can face bankruptcy as a result. We also know that statistics on life expectancy and infant mortality are very poor for the United States when compared to other industrialized countries. We also know that the United States spends about double per capita on health care vs. other industrialized countries. When you put it all together, the U.S. is not getting the bang for the bucks we spend. Costs are increasing at unsustainable levels (well above inflation levels). If we ever go into recession, as many on Safe Haven believe, the problems will only multiply that much greater. In short our employer based health care system is probably unsustainable over the longterm and we will probably eventually be forced to adopt a national (yes evil socialist) health care system at some point in the future. The reality is that Medicare, which is a form of national health insurance, works well. Politically you can't touch Medicare because seniors love and depend upon it so much. The bureaucratic overhead costs of Medicare are about 2% as compared to the 20 to 30 percent for private health insurance. Yes Medicare costs are increasing at unsustainable levels as well. But with some tinkering these problems are solvable and would even be more solvable if we expanded Medicare to serve the entire United States population.