yeah, it doesn't really concern me but it is really interesting :)
it's 37 minutes long but well worth the time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QwX_soZ1GI it's full of honest info about the status in US health care, it's told by a high ranking employee of one of the largest insurance companies that was not fired but choose to leave. he says he's a capitalist and likes the profit based system, but he has a problem of going trough dead bodies to get it.
to sum it up...health insurance is run by 4 major firms that collaborate with each other and repress any potential competition. so basically it doesn't matter if you're left or to the right, you're getting screwed either way, because the companies have powerful lobbyists and influential persons in both camps.
he goes on to say people in the current medicare have on average a higher satisfactory rating that in private firms. he also tells in conclusion that a government run health care system won't solve your problems but it might help a bit. since it will bring more competition into the game forcing private companies to become more efficient and competitive. obviously he's a man who knows what he's talking about, compared to most...khm...journalists and politicians out there.
IMO...a free market is just as bad as a communist/socialist one. so unless you're rich you probably are being screwed...but that of course is true in most countries on the planet.
and in the end...i think you'll have the option to choose if you want to have government run insurance, so why all the fuss.
one thing i learned in microeconomics class is that if more strong companies compete they might get less profit than if they cooperate and regulate prices. thus we here in europe have anti-trust regulations. everybody knows that a monopoly is for the consumer the worst possible option.
