complord said:
Also, the facts speak for themselves in that socialized medicine countries spend less of their GDP on health care than we do by a large margin.
Which brings up an interesting point. What exactly is the goal of healthcare reform? Sure we can lower GDP spent on healthcare by switching to socialized medicine, but we could accomplish the same feat outlawing all medical treatments that cost more than $50. But it won't improve the quality of care.
Is the goal to lower costs of healthcare, to give every person in the nation some amount of medical insurance, or to improve the quality of care? Its hard to imagine that any law, any program, or any government entitlements program that can accomplish all three. And when people start thinking that the government is going to lower the cost of healthcare by lowering the quality of healthcare, that's why people are freaking out (IMHO).