Where then do we draw the line?  Can I get free drivers insurance?  Surely driving is a right too.  What about the pursuit of happiness?  I like to drink - that makes me happy.  Can I get that paid for by public funds as well?   Maybe we should address the R&D for pharma companies, the insane lawyers that go after hospitals and doctors and then of course the hospitals that gouge patients for electricity, each doctor that enters a room and of course, supplies that are marked up over 50,000% from base costs.  The current system is not working - how many insurance companies have folded since AHA went into effect?  How do we cover the costs?  No one wants to pay more money for anything.  I do not understand the west coast and their mentality that everything should be given to them for free.