From my point of view our problem is that we don't have HEALTHCARE here in the U.S., we have HEALTH INSURANCE.

Once our health care system started being controlled by the insurance industry, the quality went down and the costs went up. Insurance companies often won't cover pre-existing conditions or even refuse to cover procedures that are in their stated coverage--until sued. It's all about profits, not about health or care. The insurance industry, like our other industries, is all about making money and little about people.

Other countries manage to provide their citizens fair, affordable and equitable health care--but then, they're not under the control of the health care insurance industry. I've little hope things will change here under our present situation.