Health Insurance Debate?

Diego has health insurance..... Major medical ($250 deductable) and mortality insurance run me about $400 a YEAR. I am glad that I can afford to insure him because I don't want to face large medical bills that I can ill afford. I have personally had YEARS that I was without medical insurance. I did not get medical help when it was prudent to. We could not afford it. Do I think it is basic human right for people to have access to health care without facing poverty? YES. Do I think people in our rich country that I pay HUGE amounts of taxes should die because of lack of access to health care. NO. I wish people would open their eyes and see that we are already paying more in health care per capita in this nation than most industrialized countries do. We are also one of the ONLY countries that does not have some form of national health plan. Does this make them all SOCIALIST countries....NO....Does this make them less effective at health care than the US.... absolutely not. IN FACT, we have less satisfaction with our health care, higher costs and the highest infant mortality rate of all industrialized nations....WOW, we should be so proud! I have personally bought veterinary medicine that is THE SAME as the human medicine because the cost was one tenth of the cost for the human prescription....MANY things need to change here, pharmaceutical companies and HMO's are running our health industry. Fear of liability causes most of the doctors to make decisions that are unreasonable. Not only do we need a national health care plan, but we need to limit malpractice and crack down on the drug companies.... IN FACT, I think the government should insure doctors and other health care providers for malpractice......that should stir things up!