I personally believe there is a huge problem with health care, but i'm not really sure either party has a great plan or will do enough. It seems to me that it should be a basic human right to have access to health care. You shouldn't have to worry about money in order to be allowed to live. Basic services like annual checkups, life saving medications and treatments, should be something we all have access to.

Though it does seem that if as an individual you are engaging in dangerous activities (i.e. drugs, smoking, and other unhealthy lifestyle choices) then perhaps you should be expected to cover costs related to those issues, but the basic right to live shouldn't be a consideration. I hate drug comercials because they're selling a product to make money, and that seems wrong to me. Medical bills shouldn't be something that destroys lives, or prevents treatments. Perhaps I'm way off the mark, but that's my opinion.

It starts with a basis in law: Docs will work to provide the best health care possible. If a malpractice happens, the inherent obligation of the doc and the hospital is to make it right. The law presumes a malpractice is the responsibility of the doc and the hospital.

That puts a monkey on the hospital to make sure the doc does things right.

OK. Ban consumer advertising for prescription meds. That's two.

Third, docs and nurses, upon completion of residency/training, must spend 10 years practicing in rural America. That's any city under 100K population. There's too many areas these days underserved by the healing arts.

If you work part time, like me, you're screwed. I do have an insurance plan. But it's practically worthless. It only covers one thing, hospitalization, and that's after I pay the $2,000 out of pocket. Which I'm not even financially well enough off to have in my pocket.

I certainly agree that everyone should be compensated for the work that they do, however I would argue against the idea of profit for the health care industry. They aren't selling a product, they're keeping people alive, and I don't feel thats something that people should profit from. I don't want to wonder if I'm getting the best treatment because I don't make enough money, or if the drug I'm getting is the best/necessary because the doctor gets a bonus or perks from the drug reps. Perhaps medicine should be something that we do because it's the right thing to do, and because eventually we're all going to be sick or need help, rather than some business to make loads of money in. Perhaps health shoudl be an effort to better humanity, not something to make piles of cash. That's all I'm saying.

As a medical professional, I hear this argument all the time. In order to get care, doctors need to get paid. I've spent my entire life in school to give cancer patients the treatment they deserve and in order to do that, I too need to be able to pay my bills So what you are proposing is a bit unrealistic. I personally don't get perks just because I use certain chemotherapeutic drugs. And I don't allow drug reps to buy either myself or staff lunch. I abolished that one because it wasn't necessary. If a drug rep has a drug to offer; I, as well as my colleagues meet with them in conference. And whoever is hungry can eat, but during their own time

I can't treat patients with my bare hands, without the necessary equipment, without the different departments in the hospital, etc. Treating patients is the number one goal; and not making money.

Having said this, health care definitely needs to be improved in this country.