>>Why the assumption the government has to be inefficient.
>>Get the right managers in and give them the right authority and there is no reason it shouldn't be run efficiently.
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>Because there is no profit motive for the government. Companies have to be efficient to survive in capitalist markets because there is always competition right around the corner. When the government provide a service they have no profit motive and naturally descend into inefficiency. If government was capable and efficient, then Socialist countries would rule the world. They don't.

They have better health care than we do, at a lower cost.

Canada is a capitalist country and they have better health care than we do, too.

Let's face it, our system is screwed up and has been for a long time. Some like to say this is something Barack Obama thought up. It isn't. Every U.S. president in nearly 100 years vowed health care reform. Obama is just the one who got it done.