An insurance policy that names specific risks covered by the policy. Ultimately the private or capitalist sorry for the namecalling healthcare in our country is by far the best in the world. Massachusetts has just passed a compromise version of a state- wide health care plan.

It's demonstrably less equitable than any other non- third world healthcare system and also less equitable than some in the third world. Looks like my uncle herman, the retired pediatric cardiologist, is correct. Speaking of straw- men, could people stop citing life expectancy as a measure of the quality of health care delivered?

You and these trolls are missing something else, here, kevin: our health insurance program leaves some 45 million people uninsured. In this sense, employer- provided health insurance indicates whether the job is of high quality or not. You can buy insurance and have some premium subsidized if your income is low, with the subsidy dropping away as income rises. I'll remember to be concerned about this when someone proposes getting rid of public health care. A healthy diference of opinion.