DSK wrote:
But meanwhile the biggest problem is that Americans of
both political stripes seem to fervently believe that there *must* be
such a thing as a free lunch!


This is certainly not a perception held exclusively by Americans, indeed it is virulent throughout the world. I know what my health care is costing
me; some of the highest taxes in the free world. On the other hand there does arise a savings in the health care system often overlooked. Our MDs
and hospitals only have one agency to bill, unfortunately that agency being the Government, they can require as much paper work as three or four
insurance companies combined.

Cheers
Marty