This is a small diary, but I think it is worth saying. Right now, people are starting to look at the things Obama said he would try to bring to this great nation, and health care for all is one of them.
The right wing is all abuzz about how we are going to become Canada or something...
Do you know who has the largest government run health system in the WORLD? The United States of America, and it is called the Veterans Health Administration and it falls under the Department of Veterans Affairs... How do I know? I AM ONE OF THOSE THAT USE IT!
Number of Medical Centers in VA... 153
Number of Community Clinics in VA ...745
Number of Vet Centers in the VA ...225
Number of Regional Centers ... 24
This makes the US VA one of the largest Single Payer health cares systems in the world.
It is also the first system in the world to go to all digital record keeping, in fact, the healthcare systems of Canada, the UK, Aus, and France have come over and studied the implementation of paperless record keeping, so they could take it home.
So PLEASE, when your right wing mother tells you that it would never work in the US, tell then not only can it, but it does everyday.
EDIT: I used the term Single Payer, It is really Government Run... that is my point.