G-Fist] Its ultimately not about healthcare, its about merging 1/6th of the economy with the government.
Damn. OK, this might be the key to overlying issue of affordability. The current user pay system doesn't appear (again, I may be wrong, not bothering to fact check) to be regulated at all. This makes it a business of money, not of necessity. I'd be interested to see what the actual cost of medical procedures are in the states compared to Canada. I'll bet you the cost of an appendectomy they are at least three times the price because it is considered an economic generator.
Getting this under control would have to the first step in establishing a universal health care system, at least if it is as out of control as I think it is. Population wouldn't play into it as much as this would, although I do agree the US is getting pretty over populated.
