[rshoffer]

I worked as a physician for 9 years in a health care system where everyone, regardless of social rank received essentially the same level of care. At that time medications and all aspects of health, dental, vision care were covered at no cost to the member. I've been a physician for 31 years and looking back I've never seen a health care delivery system that came close to that 9 year experience in quality or access. I don't know if you'd call my 9 years in the US Army Medical Corps an example of socialized medicine but it certainly was a hell of a lot better than the mess I entered after I (regretfully) left the Army. BTW, my son must have felt the same way. He's currently a US Army physician at Madigan in Tacoma.