Since the US acts as a safety valve for Canada (look at the number of Canadians getting treatment in the US) and the USA's version of public health care for a small subset of the population is a disaster (google: don't get sick after june), I would much rather we pick some solutions other than public health care.
I really wish the US had started with better Health Savings Accounts, Catastrophic Insurance[1], tort reform, and reforming how we pay doctors (Medicaid is having problems with new doctors not accepting it). Moving on from there would have been better.
[1 - edit] 100% paid for a cost over some figure like $50,000 - cannot remember url of proposal
I really wish the US had started with better Health Savings Accounts, Catastrophic Insurance[1], tort reform, and reforming how we pay doctors (Medicaid is having problems with new doctors not accepting it). Moving on from there would have been better.
[1 - edit] 100% paid for a cost over some figure like $50,000 - cannot remember url of proposal