All the health care systems, england, canada, france, germany , US have good and bad points. I dont see why we dont look to take the best parts of what each has to offer and look to limit the bad points. We dont have to adopt any current system, we can create a hybrid. To say that you dont want to see a government run system here in the US is kinda like closing the barn doors after the horse got out. Between medicare, medicaid, public employees health insurance, public insurance for kids from poor families, public hospitals, the state picking up the bills that are not paid at private hospitals, all of us paying for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, etc. there is already a very heavy government involvement in health care. Insurance companies follow the lead of medicare as to what is covered and what isnt. So instead of this mish mash where we are already spending and in some cases wasting our public money, i think that a comprehensive system that makes sense for the US is the answer.