We do not have "socialized medicine" in a true sense, but rather a patchwork of private insurance, self-payers who actually pay their bills, and government-run Medicare and Medicaid.

I think we should be more concerned about politicians' motives in promoting socialized medicine than the concept of it. And we should be even more concerned about the fact that never have Congress, the Administration, nor the federal employees and their unions included themselves in any proposed government single-payer healthcare system.

They are not going to let go of their choice of 20+ private cadillac healthcare plans with the bulk of premiums paid by the taxpayer!

See:Insurance Programs



"The goal of socialism is communism."

"Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever."

-- Vladimir Lenin