Y’know, if we get stuck with socialist medicine, I would support a two-tiered health care system. Those who pay for their insurance SHOULD get better care than those do not.
I pay a large sum to buy the best insurance my company offers for my family and myself. Why should someone who pays nothing get healthcare as good as what I try to provide for my family?
What worries me is that is going to be more a social system - if you work for the Government or its subsidiaries, you get get the best health care. Otherwise, peons who work for a living get share miserable health care with those who do not, AND pay for their health care to boot.
You nailed it!
That FACT calls for action of the people, by the people, for the people.
That's why I like common sense folks like Sarah Palin.
How about one where if you have connections or are important to the Regime, you get first tier care, but if you are not connected or, worse, oppose the Regime, you get bottom tier designed to reduce or eliminate your category of opposition. Party Card Comrade?