Free health care can be provided for every individual and business that chooses to use a new government owned and operated National Health Care System option, funded by a national sales tax, no precondition exclusions, no insurance, no co pays, free period. Anyone wanting to use existing private insurance and delivery systems that they like can continue to pay for and use them. Costs of health care paid for by government programs, (Medicare-Medicaid etc.) and proposed free government care could be reduced to a fraction of current expenditures,now 17% of US GDP, with better outcomes, if the services for these programs were delivered from a VA style National Health Care System. A VA style National Health Care System, which controls the problems with access, cost, quality, and malpractice, is THE solution for America ’s healthcare problems. Businesses choosing national health care as the provider for their employees would be freed from the expense and hassles of being involved in any way for the health services their employees receive. The Best Care Anywhere is an article by Phillip Longman that documents how the VA was transformed by Dr. Kizer, into a system that is producing the highest quality health care in the country. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2005/0501.longman.html Lots of state and city fixes for health care are only band-aids. It is time for a true national solution. Ask Rep.Scripps to look into this please.

Free health care is just like Socialism, it will never work. Just look at the countries that are currently using the 'Free Healthcare' system, England, Canada. Wait times are unbelievably long and the quality of service is very low. A relative of mine has Cancer and when he went into the hospital the first time, they told him that his cancer hasn't progressed enough for him to be a 'priority' patient. He was told to keep coming back in for check ups and when the cancer progressed, then he would be given Kemo. Now they did tell him he could go through private healthcare, however most of the country was waiting in line for Free Healthcare, the private sector raised it's cost to cover their expenses, and with the income he made was unable to use private. Now the cancer has spread, and he is 'eligable' for priority treatment. Had it not been for the 'free healthcare' system, he may have been able to get treatment sooner and stopped the spread of the cancer. So don't tell me free healthcare is better for everyone.