You ask what I would do and then rant about Bush increasing taxes and size of government which is switching the subject.

However, to dispose of that quickly, I think he was wrong to do a lot of the things that increased government, and much of it was not acting on conservative principles.  

The answers to health care are not as easy as just let the government pay.  That would make it more expensive for who ever is paying for everyone else.

One thing - not the only thing, but I don't want to get distracted by multiple solutions - is less insurance for everyone.  Some things should not be covered privately or publicly.  Insurance should be for "budget busting" conditions.  Routine minor matters - injections, check-ups - should never be insured in any form. People who really can't afford it can be covered some other way, but the vast majority don't need a federal program.  

If everyone paid for a flu shot it would cost $X, the value.  If someone else pays it, it will cost X plus administrative.  The larger the admistration, the more the cost.  A plan that will cover 300,000,000 people will be rather costly.

The same economic principles apply to other insurance. You don't insure wind shield wipers or flat tires. You don't insure stopped up toilets or broken windows. You don't insure fan belts in your car.  You don't insure a sprinkler system in your yard or the smoke detector in the hall.

You could insure them, but that would make it more costly.  The same reason it would cost more to insure a flat tire, applies to insuring injections.

If everything is insured or paid for by someone else, there are no force in play to keep prices down.  Today, asprin in a hospital can cost $2 each - I have seen the bills - because the patient isn't paying for it, so who cares.

A "Binky," a wet rag with a nipple for a new born to suck on, cost $15 the last time I had a friend give birth to a baby in a hospital.  Let her buy the binky herself for $2.

Figure out what needs to be insured and insure that would be the first step.  People who can't afford it could be covered by a variety of programs.  

The next thing I would do is require a co-payment of a certain amount for everyone who can afford it.  Nothing should be free, because people will only want more than needed.  

A while ago, my doctor recommended that I get a procedure done, but I found out that insurance only paid part of it.  The fact that I would have to pay a fair amount made me ask the doctor about how necessary it was and whether there were other options.  I decided on a less expensive option, which worked very well.

If it had been "free" I would have just done it.  Hey, the extra $2,000 would not have been a concern. I would have just let The Ruler of the Universe help pay for it. (Thank you very much)

Those are a few quick ideas.

And again, I ask why is Hawaii and Massachesetts such a flop.

And don't fucking tell me that the fucking idiots are insane and are a bunch of rednecks. (Wow. I can talk like that also.)