sistagurl, you apparently don't live in the real world like the rest of us. Maybe you're too young to remember, or ignorant of history, when the Social Security Law was passed that some predicted we'd have socialism within 10 years. "The sky is falling. the sky is falling............." If you had a medical catastrophe, could you pay all your medical bills if you didn't have any medical insurance-----no Medicare, no private insurance (prior medical problem exclusion)? Now, many people go to the emergency room for things that could be treated in a Dr.'s office because they don't have money to pay the Dr., but the hospital must treat them. Do we have "socialzed medicine" now? Sure we do, but it's not universal-----medical care for the military and retirees, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. Believe you need to look beyond the buzz words and those who preach "The sky is falling" and educate yourself about the problem of health care in this country.