“I define health as a positive state of wholeness and balance in which an organism functions efficiently and interacts smoothly with its environment. Good health comes from an innate resilience that allows you to move through life without suffering harm from toxins, germs, allergens and changing environmental and dietary conditions.

By no stretch of the imagination does mainstream American “health care” move us closer to this vision of robust, resilient health. It is a fiscally unsustainable, technology-centric, symptom-focused disease-management system. Consider that two-thirds of all Americans die from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes, which are all strongly associated with lifestyle choices. Maintaining and paying for our current system will serve only to continue – if not exacerbate – this trend, and bankrupt the nation in the process.”

Frankly, I grew up without healthcare and currently live without healthcare. Thanks to my parent’s spectacular genes and a relatively healthy lifestyle, I don’t have a need to go to the doctor much. But, God forbid, a tragedy strikes and I break an arm or, in my many attempts at superman-like flight, crack a vertebrae; what am I supposed to do? What little life savings I have would be obliterated and I would be another individual catching disdainful glances because I need government assistance.

“Nearly every other advanced country has a largely nonprofit national health system that guarantees universal care. Even countries with private insurers, like Switzerland and the Netherlands, require uniform prices and benefits and limit profits. Not only are expenditures much lower in other advanced countries, but health outcomes are generally better. Moreover, contrary to popular belief, they offer on average more basic services, not fewer — more doctor visits and longer hospital stays, and they have more doctors and nurses and hospital beds. But they don’t do nearly as many tests and procedures, because there is little financial incentive to do so.”

America needs healthcare reform and, for the record, screw all the SOCIALISM talk. Educated people know that American Democracy is a hybrid system that does include…dun dun dunnn….socialism. What do you think social security is based upon?

To all you people who rant at these forums, please take a walk down the block to the nearest project housing and ask those people if they want public healthcare. The rant you will receive in response will make yours feel puny by comparison.