Well if you people would put some limitations to your ambitions, it would calm a lot of nerves.
Like Tom, I'm not opposed to the idea of goverment insurance for those in need, so long as it stopped at that. Sometimes people do fall on hard times and some assistance would be nice, but that's not where many people pushing for this want to go. They want the entire system to come under government control. That would be a total disaster, IMO.
If such a system were put into place, it would also be nice if some safeguards were put into place to keep deadbeats and welfare junkies from abusing it. Those people are the parasites that tend to drain a system of funds which could be used for people who are truely in need. Maybe do drug testing at every visit to a doctor or hospital.