How would you fix healthcare?
seanx: Look at what every other western country does.  They pretty much all have some form of "socialised" medicine aka universal healthcare.  In New Zealand, we spend about 1/4 as much per capita on healthcare, yet we live longer and have better stats re child mortality and the like.  We are not particularly good either, there are a lot of countries doing better than us.The role of insurance is then to cover the difference between basic health care and premium.The main objections I have seen from yanks is:
1  It's socialism! Maybe, depending on your definition, but it works.  The word "socialism" should not be an off switch for your brain.
2  I don't want to pay for someone else's health care.  If you have insurance, you already are paying for someone else's healthcare.  Sometimes they are paying for you, that's how insurance works.