i agree i have seen some fuzzy thinking in health care and especially nationalized health care; HMOs have turned out to be what they are under the skin: money management. people's well being has fallen so far by the wayside, and of course HMOs are in bed with pharmaceuticals, somewhere along the line.
nationalized or socialized, i see from experiences in existing systems (Canada, Europe) that often the little guy still falls by the wayside, because the lofty ideal just does not line an individual's pockets.
we were thrilled when health care for children in hawaii was mandated, and as it turns out children are an ongoing priority there. still, parents lost many kinds of care, dental and vision and expensive surgery or drugs.
what i did was focus on the children, mine, my fosters and the community's, and resign myself to being expendable in many ways.
if the fed adopts rules that bring children's care into line with hawaii, it may be the best we can expect.
still so many variables, this will be a long hard fight.