Whether socialized healthcare works or not is more than mere ’satisfaction’. There are many other things behind the scenes. Things like: Drug inventions, medical technology, waiting times, access to quality doctors, etc…all things that the USA far exceeds all other countries. In addition, because other countries price control their drugs and the United States does not, in many ways, those countries ‘cheap’ costs are paid for by US citizens. So its a facade…its not as cheap as what you may think.

Then of course, comes the problem that with each passing year, it seems the french, british, and canadian healthcare systems are getting worse - at the very time politicians are trying to move us in that direction.

logtar,

You are right - health insurance companies do not take people who cannot afford it. But that is why we have medicaid. Medicaid is, by definition, government provided health care for the poor. But medicaid sucks, you say? That is exactly why I don’t want more government control of healthcare.

Insurance IS the problem with our health care system… it is simple, follow the money, follow what is the profit making machine in not telling you and be wary of statistics that do not account for the cost of the un-insured to the health care providers.

I worked inside of them and they have turned health care into a pure business model and the people without means to afford insurance practically do not fit into their model so they are simply ignored.

A lot of people talk about patients being the victims, when the real victims of the health care system are the un-insured.