I believe that one of the reasons why discussions around the US healthcare debate do not bring any plausible alternatives is because the /real/ solutions would

I believe that one of the reasons why discussions around the US healthcare debate do not bring any plausible alternatives is because the /real/ solutions would comprise something like socialization of medicine (like Norway, Canada, or other developed countries) which is something that the American culture is against in its deepest roots. This is comparable to the discussion we have here in Mexico about Oil, which is also a very touchy issue because culturally, in Mexico we have always been taught that Mexico´s oil is Mexicans property, and that any attempt to privatize some of its processes would mean to "sell the Fatherland/country" to evil transnational companies. Thus, given this premise, it is almost impossible to have a "grown up" discussion about how to fix the problems related to energy.