I hesitated in replying, I probably should have listened to myself. Please at least be accurate when you refer to my comments.
I stated that on some levels I felt we have a responsibility to provide healthcare, I did not make the sweeping generalization you refer to.

"Anyone can go to most any hospital and get treated money or not." Is this not providing healthcare, is it not done out of a sense of responsibility on some level?

"We cant take care of everyones needs if they have not planned and saved enough to cover their bills." Even the hardest working, kindest, giving people often are the ones saddled with medical bills that financially devastate them. This is not always because they didn't "plan" well. It may be that their job doesn't afford them benefits, or that taking care of a sick parent or child has pushed them over the edge.

"Do we have an obligation to provide adequate housing, or adequate Satellite TV?" Come on benj, do u really equate satellite TV with healthcare in terms of importance?

"This line of thought looks like to me you have given up on our capitalist society and want everyone to be equal." This is really a ridiculous an unfair extrapolation of what I said. I don't need to defend my self but I will tell you that I am greatly in favor of a capitalist society. That does not have to be mutually exclusive of open minded thoughts on this subject, nor of simple compassion.

"The answer to your question " should people with more resources and more money get more or better healthcare" is , if they can afford it YES they should." I respectfully disagree with that to some extent, and I genuinely pray that you are never in the position to see how it feels to be on the "poor" end of that equation. It is heartbreaking to see.

"Or would you take away the incentives that capitalism provides the entrepreneurs and hard workers who have built this country? If so where does it stop?" Again, throwing the socialist type accusations are not only innaccurate, they serve no purpose. I am just not sure that the capitalist end of medicine is on a par with other capitalist enterprises in every facet. I am one of those hard workers, entrepreneurs if you will. I am also open to at least considering that since our system is not working we should be willing to openly entertain and discuss alternatives.

Out of all I said you chose these things to focus on. There was a lot of meat left on that bone, but this is open discussion and we all have our preferences.

You are not sure we are in trouble? I respectfully encourage you to do some research into some of the things I refer to above if you are so inclined. I have spent thousands of hours not only researching this, but living within it every day.

Anyway, thanks for the input. As you may be able to tell, the situation of our healthcare system in general is of great interest to me, and I honestly believe that an exchange of ideas like this is at least a beginning of finding some solution.

But who knows...I could be wrong.