The biggest problem with the kumbaya, don't-call-it-socialist-even-though-it-is "universal health care" plans coming through our monoparty government isn't the waste, fraud, expense and upcoming debt (government has NEVER in 200 years run any big project well -except for maybe the Manhattan Project- why do people think it can do so now?) but the opening it gives the Federal Bureaucracy to control the everyday activities of average Americans.

As there are already certain "risky" activities that private insurance companies refuse to provide coverage for, what happens when this "universal" system is in place? Employers will have no obligation to offer an alternative, so most people won't be able to afford an alternative after increases in tax burden are deployed.

Which means, instead of trying to make things "illegal" and having to follow rule of law and Constitutional process, bureaucrats in power simply have to add an unpopular or dangerous (to politicians) activity to the "no coverage" list. Ride a motorcycle, lose your (perhaps your family's too?) coverage. Drive a "gas guzzler" or classic hot rod, nixed coverage. Visit the rifle range or have a firearm in your home? No care for you!

The massive debt, financial waste and strangulation of the economy will be the least frightening fallout of the universal control..err..health plan.Slippery slope argument maybe, but looking to historical precedent, government has ALWAYS extended and expanded on any powers ever given to it, to the detriment of the people and the country. It's a sure bet as death and taxes.

Remember the definition of insanity is given as doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Giving government an option for unprecedented power and control and not expecting them to utilize it, is insane.