Do I ever agree with you! Everyone should have insurance in this country. A one payer system would be cheaper for everyone because the government doesn't have to make a profit. Insurance companies do. Some services should be available to all, food, shelter, healthcare, and education. If other countries can do it so can we. Just think if medicines were not in the private sector we wouldn't have to watch all those commercials for drugs. New drugs could go on the market immediately. Yes, yes, yes. They pay for research. The government does a great job in research. Look at all the fantastic planes, weapons, bombs we have. It's true that people in other countries with a better safety net pay higher taxes. We spend the money anyway. Instead of paying it by ourselves we pay it together. I think it's probably cheaper that way. I think it's not good for a country to have one percent of the population to be that much richer than the rest of the people. They definitely should be paying more.