By these terribly flawed arguments (intended to guarantee employment for health insurance middlemen)  the U.S. is doomed to remain a third world nation, with a health care system that costs far more per capita than any other on the planet, and yet performs far more poorly.

Congress has the power, if not the will, to craft a modern, cost effective, functional alternative. It merely needs to be prodded to do so. So let's start kicking!

Stephen J. Remington