Do people 'deserve' universal health care?

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As for the actual bill, it isn't about the government taking over the health care system, it is about the government regulating the health care system. The specific regulations in question are actually less stringent then the Federal Broadcasting Standards. I don't think Americans have problems with government regulation that led to what many would consider the best broadcasting television system in the world, and I don't think Americans would argue that every TV station in this country was owned by the Government, even though they are subject to fairly stringent regulations that they meet as conditions of their broadcasting license.

Oh! So you've read the entire currently proposed bill from cover to cover and know exactly what the U.S. Government is planning.

I happen to live in a country (Canada) that has public health care and it has been considered successful. Almost everyone in our country is in favor of it, and despite a few minor problems now and then I doubt it will ever change. Even the right wing parties would not campaign against it as much of their base views it as the right of any Canadian. We are often critical of specific decisions in that system, but the system as a whole works. That being said its not your system, and its not what Obama is proposing.

You're right...it's not what Obama is proposing.