The good old days before Obama cared.

Not true. I've been to Europe. I know others who have been to Europe and shared their stories. I've been to Canada, and to the government run health care there. I have experience dealing with the US health care, both the private system which is very good, and the public system, which just like all other government run systems, is very horrible. And yes, as a matter of fact, I not only have the money, but I've paid my hospital bills. It's called being a responsible adult. And since we earn more money than you do in the UK, and at the same time, pay far lower taxes than you do in the UK, it's easier for us to pay for our good private health care, than it is for you to pay for your free awful health care. Lastly, I don't blame you for preferring your system over ours. It's called ignorance. When people don't realize how much better another system is, of course they like their own. For example, there was a woman in Canada who needed a simple knee surgery. The pain she suffered made it impossible to work, and suffered to do anything at all. She waited 3 years to get the first knee done, and had already waited 1 more year to see a specialist for the second. She was asked if she would like the America system better, and said no her system was the best. When she was told that the average wait time to see a specialist in the US was around 1 week, she simply denied it. No, it's months and months to see a specialist anywhere, she claimed, and simply didn't believe that the US system was better. Ignorance. Most people in government run health care systems are simply ignorant. An 18-week target in the UK? Are you serious? 5 months? I've never waited longer than a week to see a specialist. Never. You realize that cancer tumors can go up two stages in 5 months? Literally you can go from perfectly operable cancer, to terminal, in 5 months if you have a fast moving cancer. This is why the US 5-year survival rates, in nearly every single cancer, and nearly all life-threatening illnesses, are higher and some by a very wide margin, than in the UK. Are you really saying you'd rather save some money, but have a higher chance of dying? That your life is of less value than some cash? No, you are just ignorant that your survival rates are all lower in the UK. Not an insult. Just the truth.

My son recently had a four wheeler accident. Concussion and broken collar bone. Required surgery to fix the bone. He has NO INSURANCE and is on unemployment. Hospital bill will be covered by a charity program run by our community. Doctor did surgery pro bono. Not so bad for us dumb American's who are greedy and selfish to the core, right? And recently, read an article on a mother who gave birth in UK to a premature baby born TWO days before the 22 week of gestation. Doctors refused to treat this baby who was struggling for each breath because it was born two days before what would have been, according to the rules, a proper time for life saving measures. I bet THIS MOM is not happy with her healthcare.

Thanks for the info. You bring up a good little tidbit here.

As a resident of India, in this case, your opinion means .... very little.

natliegleb, would you agree that WHO is president matters to the rest of the world as well as to America?

Burrito, You make no sense...Why did you even post? You got to earn that penny for a post. Well, I for one is going to vote down your post.

YOu sure sound like you're supporting one over the other...just sayin.

misread* I really should stop responding to posts while talking on the phone with people. I tend to accidentally spell words wrong or put in words that aren't supposed to be in there. However, the point stands that no one who is concerned enough to want actual figures on how he plans to pay for his plans is going to vote for Romney.

"the American people should just be willing to vote on principal" You've got that in quotes, but I looked about and couldn't find this as an actual quote. So, would you like to source that?