This is such a hot topic, it's too much to try and jump into the middle of it and understand what is going on so I'll just toss this into the foaming waters and hope it might be useful...

I saw a fantastic show on TV last week about how the US might be able to learn from other healthcare systems around the world. It was a great show and would be of interest to people here, I suspect.

It was a PBS thing, Frontline: Sick Around the World,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/

Hope you enjoy it (unless of course four-hundred people have already posted this link...in which case I guess, I hope you enjoyed it...lol)

Chris