Sallies it seems, when it comes to understanding the health care situation, their is a reluctance, to shift gears in Washington D. C. - their like a little old man who can't get out of first gear.  Now the approach the democrats want to take is, of bigger government, which despite a majority in the congress and senate is not the American approach.  The American approach is to empower the individual, it is not to empower the government through a single payer health system.    

     Arvin seemingly all of this health care issue could be handled with tax credits, instead of tax increases, and this would then empower the individual.  Individuals who purchased health insurance would get tax credits and those who did not purchase insurance would not get such tax credits; companies and employees who invested in health insurance would get tax credits and those who did not ... would not get such tax credits.  Tax credits would get the money flow, in the right direction - to the individual not the government.  As well, the profits for insurance companies should be based on merit of competition and not a regulated gimmick.