It’s time to move forward on universal health care. Our profit-centered American health care system is a mockery of capitalism in action. Competition is basic to true capitalism. You can’t have competition without choices. And when you’re in cardiac arrest or bleeding on the street your choices are pretty limited.

You also need transparency for competition. Neither the care providers nor the insurance industry are noteworthy for that. Try checking on your surgeon or hospital for mortality statistics on a given procedure. Sadly there are some insurance companies out there who prey upon the naive who fail to read the very fine print of their policy. I once purchased a "cheap" policy, and then sliced my thumb and had to go to a surgeon to repair the tendon. The insurance covered 20 percent of his bill. I made payments for six months. And as soon as I could afford it signed up with a "real" insurance company. Since the GOP “overhaul" of the ACA we once again see ads for "cheap" insurance everywhere.