Healthcare state

I was wondering what your opinions are about a healthcare state.

As Obama proposed the healthcare state, but it has seemed futile. I would like to hear what your pro's and con's are?

Re: Healthcare state

Rich healthy people don't have to share the street with poor infected people, step over dead bodies or explain to their children why that ragged man is coughing up blood. Germs don't have to be selectively mutated to avoid the “nice” parts of town, and we can all squeeze more working hours out of badly educated and fed poor folk who live in substandard accommodation and might otherwise be too poorly to turn up for work.

Even though we have a healthcare state in Britain nothing is ever perfect. I couldn't source a National Health dentist for two years, and had no money. When I finally found a free (and excellent) dentist I required quite a lot of work and lost a tooth.

Surely the trick is to provide all the care free, and as many cheap drugs as possible. These systems fall down when they try to provide drugs that cost many thousands of pounds to prolong life for a few months. Obviously, since we live in a world where MONEY is the standard measure (worst luck!) at some point you have to put a price on treatments, and thereby on the value of a life. I would suggest that we let rich people road test new and expensive drugs, and give the rest away free.