The government option is, as far as I can see (and I'm sure you will correct me) the only one that has been spelled out. Do you honestly prefer to have your health and well being controlled by the greed of profit driven insurance companies?
Why do you think that America is the only first world nation not to have universal healthcare? Is it because you know more than the rest of the world? Isit because you have a worse system of government from the rest of the world? Or what is it?
BTW. You accuse me of introducing racism. I think you will find that it was, most recently, a certain Jimmy Carter. The subject of healthcare in America is difficult to discuss without the racist question. You must look to your own countrymen for that. Not to me. My aim is simply to find out why Americans have this enormous hang up against a president who has the potential to save your country from the disaster that was bush.
I have recently been in hospital for surgery. Let me tell you what happened.
Doctor carried out examination with a follow up ultra-sound check. A number of dates were offered to me. That day, the following week or sometime in the future decided by me. I opted for the latter and a few weeks later, on a Monday, presented myself at reception was taken to a ward and was cut open in time for lunch. One hour later I was trundled to a recovery ward and then to a general ward with six beds. I was home, in pain, certainly, for Wednesday tea. One week later I had the wound checked and dressed and two weeks after that a final check.
Total cost? Guess.
Oh, not once, not one single time, was I ever asked about insurance. Not once was I ever asked to justify my financial position. Not once was I questioned as to my rights or otherwise to receive healthcare. The fact that the nursing staff had poor English was a frustration but apart from that, no complaints.