Why can't the government fund a national health care system out of tax money and put certain restrictions on it? Like unlimited care for minors or students under 21, like most insurance companies do. But once you reach your majority your coverage is limited to so many doctor visits a year, emergency care, and an allotment of prescriptions. Then for additional coverage the adult could purchase supplemental insurance for things like critical illness, cancer, etc. The private health care industry would still be making money, and the doctors still get paid. Most of us that are uninsured don't require much. But it would be nice to know if I have to go to the hospital again on an emergency basis that I'm not going to be paying tens of thousands of dollars for the care that I need.

On that note, all emergency rooms should be set up on a triage basis. I'm sick of people abusing that shit for a head cold.