In the military, we would never think of providing inferior health care in the field based on job classification (Yes, officers get cushier amenities- RHIP), yet somehow in Corporate America, health care is totally dependent on who your employer is. And we give the biggest shaft to small entrepreneurs & businesses, in a nation that gives lip service to the vital importance of those entities. Makes you go "hmmmm!"

Q. Which country spends the most per capita for health care?
A. U.S.A.
Q. Which country ranks # 37 for delivery & quality of health care in developed nations?
A. U.S.A.

Source World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/inf-pr-2000/en/pr2000-44.html & http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/he...ing-per-person

Dates Developed Countries Adopted Nat'l Health Programs

Germany 1883 (126 years ago)
Italy 1886 (123 years ago)
Austria 1888 (121 years ago)
Sweden 1891 (118 years ago)
Denmark 1892 (117 years ago)
Belgium 1894 (115 years ago)
France 1898 (111 years ago)

Norway 1909 (100 years ago)
Switzerland 1911 (98 years ago)
UK 1911 (98 years ago)
Ireland 1911 (98 years ago)
Netherlands 1929 (80 years ago)
New Zealand 1938 (71 years ago)
Spain 1942 (67 years ago)
Australia 1945 (64 years ago)
Finland 1963 (46 years ago)
Canada 1971 (38 years ago)
Portugal 1984 (25 years ago)

U.S.A. Not Yet

Source: page 104 of Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective by Ha-Joon Chang

3-5-09 72% of those questioned in recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say they favor increasing the federal government's influence over the country's health care system in an attempt to lower costs and provide health care coverage to more Americans.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...h-care-reform/

2-16-09
59% of Americans surveyed said they wanted a national health insurance program.
http://minnesotaindependent.com/2666...insurance-plan

10-20-08
In an extensive ABCNEWS/Washington Post poll, Americans by a 2-1 margin, 62 percent, prefer a universal health insurance program over the current employer-based system. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/livin...1020_poll.html

Our system stinks and is badly flawed...

Thank you for posting this information. It is great! Although I am guessing that you were just being sarcastic when you wrote the title of this thread...

Sissies?