Marty, Government is not a tool, neither is "the market". People solve problems by creating organizations to address specific needs. If something comes from

Marty, Government is not a tool, neither is "the market". People solve problems by creating organizations to address specific needs. If something comes from the government, you get one try (like doing an experiment with one petri dish). If the government does not offer a top-down approach, then often many people will try (so you get many petri dishes and a better experiment). The same argument can be used in favor of healthcare policy at the state level rather than at the Federal level. The idea that the Federal government offers the ideal approach to solving broad problems is fraught with a fundamental misunderstanding of science and the idea of any policy being at its core an experiment. Sadly, those who advocate a single attempt at a solution are very far from thinking of the optimal solution as the result of experimental trial and error. In fact, they go so far as to claim that "free" healthcare (whatever that means) is a "right". The market is not the savior, it's the scientific method!