Facts? Can you prove that the publishers of these "facts" have no personal agenda in their writing? I ask this question because the "facts" are counter to my own personal experience. Free anything is going to be abused by a crowd. And, universal health care is certainly not free. I'm sure it will be tax supported (there is no "goveenment money," only tax money). Having dealt with Social Security all my working life (oof the farm and in jobs where you got paid directly), I have no thought of being allowed to opt out. Further, I have to question the foundation of the concept of effeciency improvement. Are we going to demand higher productivity of the current health care workers? Reduce the number? Cut their pay? Other ideas on higher efficiency?

I really wish I could feel warm and fuzzy about universal health care. But, I don't. So far, nobody has convinced me that I will be better off - as well off - or, even slightly worse off. I think my taxes are fixing to go roofward to pay for all the services that people, currently held in check economically, will have free access to under universal health care.

Money is the usual rationer of goods and services. All goods and services are economically scarce. Demand is held in balance with supply by price. Government decision as to who gets what and when is the substitute for financial control.

Anyone here who currently has health care insurance that is eager to trade it in for some form of universal coverage?