well what are the conditions that need to be met to consider it better than the old healthcare system? mind you; a majority of Americans polled want the old system back. Free market capitalism is destroyed by government intervention, pretty simple. We have a mixed economy for sure, which isn't necessarily a horrible thing.. but remember the housing bubble that started this whole financial mess? yeah that's because the government told the banks that the risk will be placed on the taxpayers backs instead of their own.. so obviously the banks gave shit sub-prime mortgages to poor people who couldn't afford them...then that little bubble burst and boom.. just another example for you.