The Medical system in this country is a piece of shit. If you have an HMO, or have nothing, you'll know what I mean. The money spent on lobbying and doctors junkets to keep the status quo is horrendous. The politicians are bought off by the HMOs and The pharmaceutical companies. I believe if the money being spent to keep the politicians and the doctors in line was used to create a "comprehensive" medical plan that included every "citizen", we could fire a bundle of CEOs (With exhorbitant salaries) and by adding all the money paid by clients through a tax, a significantly lower amount, we could field a medical society that would be much better than the current one. To be the richest country on the planet and be in the bottom 40% of medical care is appaling. We have to eliminate insurance companies and HMOs. The only ones that like this plan are the people that have premium medical coverage like senators and congressmen, CEOs and upper management of large corporations. My personal med care is adequate, but only because I have not been very Ill. who knows what would happen if I contracted a dibilitating disease. BTW, Michael Moore speaks more truth in one sentence than all the politicians in washington do in a year.