Should health care be private or public?

[Lostplanet22]

Tony_Stark said:

Lostplanet22 said:
Public and make it a % of the income?

In what fantasy world is that a good idea? Who pays for it? You think healthcare is expensive now, just wait until the government gets control of it, they will KILL it. If not by making it next to impossible to comply with regulations, then they will do so by overpaying a bunch of people to sit around and do nothing. Doctors will be in short supply because they will not get paid enough to make their time spent in college worth the pay out. Let's not forget about R&D, the government will not pay enough for research, as a result we will get fewer life saving drugs. The rich will go to countries where they can get real healthcare, while the poor get shafted. Socialized medical programs do not work. The UK has already made steps to move away from their socialized program because it does not work. Why would anybody in their right mind want something that has been a proven failure?

It is working for some countries.  Like you state yourself maybe the eductation should not be that expensive. The way it is now is everything but good. Their is a reason why USA is ranked 37 of the world based on the health care system:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/opinion/12sun1.html   Maybe a nice read.