[Ronbo]

Well the blame seems to be solely born on the insurance industry, but lets look at this...

The claim is the ins. co's profits are too high at 20% which means 80% of your premimums are going to cost, right? (look at the profit margins of a software company sometime) Figure in 10~15% overhead which I doubt the government will eliminate (if not increase). I doubt it's this low, since almost any doctor will tell you they need at least two people to just file paperwork.

Even at say 25% less, the uninsured won't pay it, they can barely feed the kids they shouldn't have had. (God forbid we ask the mothers to keep their legs shut) I'd love for some news outlet to actually go down to the getto to highlite the majority of these "underprivlaged".

Medical Insurance is expensive because medical care has advanced and is much more costly than in the past. Not to mention the booming malpractice business. (something government hospitals can't be sued for) The hospitals rape the insurance co's as well to make up for indiginent care they have to provide by law. (hmm, government involvement? say it ain't so!)

Improving your lot in life is pretty much your resposibility, this is just another hand-out to kill incentive to improve yourself. Reality is the "born out of poverty" crowd usually just cranks out the next batch of useless humanity. Sucks, but there's no way around the truth.

Sink or swim has an undisputable success rate, these "social experiments" don't.