You can almost see the banners flying, and the giant papier mache puppets marching down the street.

Do you have any idea what the profit rates of most health insurance companies are? What percentage of the industry is actually non-profit?

What's the balance sheet look like on Medicare, the only real example we have of general government medical care? Might it be easy to offer low-cost solutions when you operate at a gigantic fiscal deficit?

Who pays when the government pays all? The "rich?" You're not stupid enough to buy that. If anyone was bothering to pay attention, the news of the past few weeks is the revelation that the numbers don't add up, and that they can't add up.

You're welcome to trade 1,400 competitors for a state monolith, where the wealth, power, and decision making is all in the government and driven by politics instead of profit, but without fear of competition. The problem is you don't get to do this without dragging me into Yugo-style health care with you.