I would love the idea of a national healthcare program for all, but in our country, I don't think it will fly.  We have too many, private, for profit health care providers, not to mention for-profit insurance agencies, and they would have the power to kill it.  No company is going to voluntarily go out of business, they will fight for a bigger piece of the pie, just like they are doing to Medicare now, edging in with these Advantage plans.  It's a divisive issue, and one that's sure to fail.  Let's work on improvements that unite, not divide.  Single payer is not one of those, but perhaps a public option would be......