Hank, thanks for posting the link. I still haven't had a chance to watch it, but will get to it this weekend.

I am not sure your perspective is all that unique eddie. I have been talking with many of my friends who have lived in Canada, and the rationing is just one of their complaints. The other major complaints that I have heard are long waiting lists, and a much lower level of care than we receive here. What I have read and heard is that England's system isn't much better, perhaps New Zealands is. The president keeps telling us that his plan is different than the all the others, but he still hasn't said how it will be different (maybe it will become clear when I watch his speech). Other than his claim that if we like the plans we are on we will be able to keep them. Well I see that as misleading. I don't decide what my medical insurance looks like, my employer does. Medical insurance is huge overhead, and if there is an opportunity to cut costs, guess what, now I on the government plan.

The other part that concerns me is there still isn't a concrete plan on how to pay for it. Hell they can't even agree what it will cost. The only pseudo plan I have heard is that they were planning to tax those of us who currently have health insurance. But if you work in one of the unions that supported Obama then you are off the hook! WTF is that all about! Hopefully congress will have sense enough to put that on "a level playing field".