In all due respect to the Saint Louis Park, MN resident, Tom Friedman's opinion is short sighted. I would rather continue with the present system we have with one change, a goal to computerize all records to faciliate communications and the payment process among the medical community, insurance community and consumers.

You may get a glimpse of what ObamaCare holds for us all if you saw the TV report about the teachers union in Buffalo New York that pays for face lifts, liposuction, etc. I don't want to pay for someone's vanity? Do you?

Presently in America like Canada all surgeries are elective unless they are considered an emergency. However unlike Canada the waiting time for elective surgeries do not have long tails