Do you know sealy I have even suggested that people who are advocating "nationalizing" healthcare are going about the wrong way. Let me play devils advocate here a moment, if I were a supporter of Govt. sponsored healthcare for all which as you can see I clearly am not, I would go about it in another way. For example, if as many people supported the idea as suggested then I would push for a constitutional amendment to make healthcare a right under the constitution. you would need 2/3rds of the states to ratify it but once done. There you have it. a "right" As for the Mass. plan if the goal is to cover everyone, then there you have it. "everyone covered" with the exception of illegal immigrants. You do realize though that Medicare is not administered by the Federal Govt. right? and is contracted out to for profit companies? Even if the Govt. were to institute a govt. takeover of the healthcare industry they do not have the capacity or knowledge to manage it and would have to rely on the same evil for profit companies that people blame now. If people think that by doing so, that will keep them in line I suggest they dont know a whole lot about Govt. contracting then and for them to take a look at the Air Force Tanker program to get a good look at how well contracting works. The point is sealy, you live in MI. and MI, is better suited to meet your needs than Washington. Washingtons job is to provide the means by which MI. can promote and environment to meet those needs be it business, or state.

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