I'm a physician. I still practice 4 days a week. I was an US Army physician for 9 years and since 1985 have been in civilian practice. I am a right wing conservative. Our health care system stinks. It's broken. We spend more $ per person than any country in the world and rank waaaaayyy down the list on all measures of health, neonatal viability, longevity etc. 48 million Americans have no health insurance. The things I see everyday would break your heart. I saw a man today with a brain tumor diagnosed in 2004... he has no insurance and can't get any care. The best health care I ever observed was in the Army. I don't think the health care mess can be fixed because corruption in our Gov't infects everything they touch. Despite my right wing "wacko" stance on most issues I feel we need a single payor system but tremble at the thought of our corrupt Congress trying to implement it...