I know Eric...Let's all pay another 70% of our income in taxes and have the government run the health care system. We all know what a good job the government does when it puts their minds and our taxes to work. Just look at the DMV. She would have died waiting in line behind all the people with Hepatitis C from IV drug use and Cirrhosis of the liver from binge drinking.

Or we can pay the insurance companies an extra $2,000 a month to get everyone covered for everything.

It was a sad case indeed but your idea of a solution scares me more than the prospect of having an HMO. Oh yeah...I have a PPO and a Medical Savings account...Pre Tax.