[Just Susan]

"The people I know who are facing a problem with their healthcare are not looking for a free ride. They just want to be able to buy a ticket to ride....(Boomer)

Well said Boomer, I agree. I don't know how we get there, but the bottom line for me is not free healthcare, but...
affordable healthcare,
reasonably priced prescriptions,
cost effective means of preventative healthcare such as;
health club memberships and preventative medical visits for screening & testing,
nutrition and education

I think if healthcare was affordable on the preventative side of an illness, etc. less would be spent on the curing side.

I truly don't trust the government or big business to in its current format to achieve these goals. "They" need to drop immediate gratification/quick fix attitude and go for the long term. Good bottom line now with disaster down the road is so common these days. Can't they see this or don't they care as long as "they" get theirs. It is so awful to think that is true.

Perhaps they should read the comments on this forum and take the good advice that has been offered here.