>>Then there's the issue of waste. For profit companies must answer for their spending, whereas the federal government simply spends at will.
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>I pay $36 per month for public health insurance. Note this is not mandatory, but so cheap that almost everyone pays it. My income tax rate is 31% (Federal 22% + 9%). Could you post your month costs (insurance plus out of pocket) for health care plus your income tax rate? If what you are saying is true, then you should be spending less than me.

Wow! That's cheap. Our annual health insurance bill is close to $30,000. That's for the two of us and one kid. It didn't go down when our oldest aged out and had to get his own. (And I'll admit up front that we have really good coverage--%5 co-pays for doctor's visits and generic drugs, $20 for brand-name drugs).

Tamar