We are being eaten alive.

My Kaiser health plan cost $20,000  in 2009.  And now it's going up.

The same coverage in Ireland costs 1/10th of that.  Why?

Because we want $388 Billion Joint Strike Fighters and $300 Billion flying gas stations, the most powerful naval force in the world and...and...a hypersonic aircraft that can.."..flatten anyone in the world in 1/2 and hour...", according to one defense contractor executive.

We can't afford nationalized health care --- it would bankrupt the country.
And besides, that would be socialism.
And as we know from reading the lunatic blogs of the far right, Hitler was a socialist.

Ridiculous logic, isn't it?  Ireland, with a population of 4 million (a little less than the population of the SF Bay Area) can afford national health care.  We can't. 

Massachusetts can afford universal health care, but for some reason, the USA can't.

Volume economics works in every other aspect of commerce with the exception of health care.  A bigger pool won't get you cheaper health care, according to those in congress, whose campaigns are financed by health care lobbies.
Volume economics works in every other country that has nationalized health care, except the USA.  Here, for some strange reason, the laws of volume discounts breaks down when applied to health care, according to those in congress who already have free universal health care.

I understand the concern of those who say, "It would raise taxes!!".  Yes, stupid.
It would raise your taxes.  I think the numbers I saw were about $120/month for a family of four.  But you wouldn't have to write a check for $800-1000/month to your HMO.

"But I don't want the government in charge of my health care!"
Then why do you have them in charge of your nuclear weapons?  They seem to manage the doomsday devices OK.  You think they'll  screw up on your liposuction?


By hitting the silk, I automatically save myself $20,000/year in healthcare costs.