when you say there isn't much one corrupt government can do, that many private solutions can't do better I disagree.  A privately administered program is always going to be more efficient and less bureaucratic than a government program - I get that.  But a private insurer is not looking after your best interests, because they are looking at the bottom line FIRST.  The decision is always whether to cover you or to make more money for the insurer, and I wonder which decision they always make ?  They're not there for you, they're there for THEM.  It's a business calculation for insurers at a time when all you want is to receive healthcare that you pay for, and its a totally dysfunctional system that is pretty much exclusive to our country.  It doesn't work.