What's Wrong With Socialized Medicine?

How did we ever get the general idea that Socialized Medicine is a bad thing?The AMA, Big Pharma, and now Big Insurance have a stranglehold on the health of this country. How did this happen, and what can we do about it? 

Let’s look at some facts:

1.  Every other industrialized country in the world has some form of socialized medicine.    

2.  We pay over twice as much as any of those countries per person for our healh system. So, why do out health statistics put us way below all those and even some third world countries as well.  

3.  We are less competitive for large corporations, so they ship manufacturing (and jobs) overseas.Yes, wages may be lower as well, but a lower cost of health care increases their profit. 

4.We are crippling many small businesses with having to provide health insurance to their workers.  Since small business is at the heart of US prosperity, Socialzed Medicine would greatly  benefit all such.

5.  The VA system is a form of sociaized medicine, and the cost per person is much lower than the "insurance based" system, and the better care patients get is also a fact.  (I know as I am a veteran getting that care.)

One of the arguments used is "Just ask a Canadian, they all hate their system".  I've asked well over 100 Canadians, and dozens of other people in other countries with Socialized Medicine.  Most will gripe about their health system, just as GI's gripe about food or whatever.If you ask the RIGHT question, "Would you trade your system for the one in the US?"  Almost 100% of the time the answer is a resounding "NO way!"

The advantages are obvious - lower cost and better overall health.How about those 42 million persons who cannot afford health insurance, and who drag our statistics down and cost us more in the long run.