Unfortunately over half of Americans don't realize the current healthcare situation is a problem, and actually believe it's good, because it gives them more fre

Unfortunately over half of Americans don't realize the current healthcare situation is a problem, and actually believe it's good, because it gives them more freedom. I almost thought that once, but it's really easy to run through the facts: 1. Since the primary purchasers of health insurance are companies, the insurance companies grossly tilt their plans in the direction of companies. Individual plans are lackluster. The individual plans where I live don't even cover mental health services. Not even one. 2. Since companies are fallible, we cannot depend on them to honestly offer insurance to every worker who deserves it. For example, in Massachusetts, there is a mandate for companies with full time employees to provide a health insurance plan: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/29/companies-cut-hours-of-full-time-employees-to-avoid-providing-health-care-under-new-rules/ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/29/companies-cut-hours-of... naturally, companies schedule for .1 less hours and leave you in the dust. It seems that this is a total mess. Companies cannot be put in the crossfire of the health insurance debate with these unimplementable laws. The only reasonable solution is to pay for it with the federal income tax. Competition and free markets are good, but not in this space. Would you like to find out the free market price for an ambulance after you were involuntarily hit by a bus and woke up in an ICU? We live in a strange land of "freedom"