That is completely inaccurate. The main cause of the high cost of healthcare is government intervention -mandates. And having a single-payer would actually increase the cost due to inefficiency. It is completely unbelievable to me that people believe that the government can be efficient in anything when everything they manage is completely inefficient and wasteful. Have you ever tried to call Medicare? I have. Have you ever called the IRS for the health plans they govern? I have.

This whole idea of "healthcare" reform is a farce. There is no reform in any of the ideas being discussed.

What people fail to understand is that sick people cost more so they are rated higher. But people don't want to acknowledge that because it just sounds so mean!! So unfair! It is not their fault they are sick! Still does not change the fact that their healthcare costs more. So let's rate everyone the same - and Wow!!! insurance costs so much!! Duh!!

Think of it this way - should you have the same car insurance rates as a 16-year old? No - that is ridiculous - your risk is lower.

And again, if you look at the numbers of the real uninsured (after removing illegal aliens, people who are eligible but too lazy to sign up for state insurance and the ones that make enough but choose not to be covered under a group or individual plan - you are looking at about 5 million people). This whole thing is a joke.

And why stop at healthcare. Why not have the government fund housing? It is better for me, health-wise, if the government put a roof over my head instead of giving me health insurance.

And we should stop using the word healthcare since what we are talking about is health insurance. No one is denied healthcare in America if they don't have insurance. It is against the law so completely untrue that people believe this.