The majority of bankruptcies in this country are caused by health care bills. So fixing our health care payment system may be a big piece of improving our economy. You're calling the health care system FLUFF?

And as someone mentioned, our companies are currently being strangled by health insurance budgets. Let's face it, the health care payment system needs to be changed or cost curbs (efficiencies) need to be enacted. I don't know which model would work best but the current one is broken.

And Keedy: I don't see what is wrong with loving the country you are in (USA in our case) yet still wanting to see improvements made as we progress. Yes we can learn things from other countries and formulate a plan that will work for us.

A couple of references: (2005) http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...tcy_study.html

(2009) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hea...=moreheadlines