"I better be damn near dead before I go to medical."  That was a common phrase used while I was in the Navy and one that I've heard repeated from the Army, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard.  The idea that this country would beg our government to provide health care for all citizens after their countless failure's over the years is mind boggling.  We are a nation that is supposed to believe in free markets and have shown that they work.  When companies raise their prices while plenty of others provide care for what they believe is good for them they see double digit losses percentage wise, and some claim that the market isn't working.  Living in California if I do not get my health care through a company that I work for I can expect my prices to at least double.  Being as I am a smoker I am looking to see around a 150% increase in my prices. Add that along with the highest gas prices on the mainland and to foot the bill for everyone else who cannot afford to be at least a middle class citizen I'm looked at as being insensitive to the plight of others because I DO NOT want to drop my own standard of living.  I have fell flat on my face plenty of times to be in the position that I'm in now, including having to move back in with my parents twice.  In closing I ask those that think this will be for the best that you can't convince otherwise have them go talk veterans and active duty members of our military and just maybe they will understand our own inside jokes. If our government treats the people willing to go die in useless wars the way they do how do you think they are going to treat CIVILIANS. LMAO