Not for just the very rich.

I think it's all right for America to go into a deep, deep deficit. That is, if the money is being spent for the right reasons. Not for war. But for providing Americans with the basic necessities of life. Yes, for bringing about the common good. For universal health care. Seeing that every American is guaranteed decent health care. Regardless of income or job status. The idea is to reform the health care system. To make it more affordable. Now it's terribly inefficient. Because it's designed to make middlemen and insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies richer and richer. At the expense of ordinary people. Consumers. Yes, the middle and lower classes. We leave 47 million Americans uninsured because the insurance companies can't make big enough profits off 'em. Yes, so much of America is designed to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. That's a dirty rotten shame. If getting the system fixed will cost more initially and drive our nation deeper into debt, so be it. At least we'll have one of the basic necessities of life. Decent health care. For everyone. Of course, all this will be opposed by the private insurers. They're in this to make money. Lots of money. Obscene profits. And it doesn't seem to matter to them that the health care system stinks. That America now pays more for health care than any nation on Earth. But other nations that spend far less have attained better results, better health care. For everyone. Not for just the very rich. --Jim Broede