Stosh, I was trying to make two points. One way or the other, the administrative, legal, and insuance costs must be brought under control to make health care affordable as has been done in Canada. I have not heard a word about President Obama reducing the presence of lawyers in health care. As firstandten points out, it sounds like Obama is also going to keep insurers in the game. Administrative costs follow the inclusion of legal and insurance costs. Is he also going to provide medical care for illegal aliens? All in all, it sounds like Obama is more interested in a national plan than an affordable plan.

The second point I brought up was that in Canada, each province has its own health care system. So why do people who want the Canadian system want, instead, a national system here? Why not have state run plans to imitate Canadian provencial plans instead? Massachusetts already has such a plan.