Gosh this post is getting a little political huh, yipeeee lol. So i guess i shall just have to add my 2 bits worth on this one hehe.
Obama has absolutly no intention of introducing free healthcare for all, and i'm afraid it has nothing to do with the misleading catchphrase "socialised healthcare", and more to do with the fact that many of the largest contributors to both Obama's and Macain's campaign trail coincidently enough happens to be some of the largest bio-tec/pharmacutical companies on the planet.
in my opinion, on hearing of all the huge multinational companies that your new administration has given government bailouts too and on checking the list of major contibutors to Obamas political campiagn, it is suprising to see how closley matched the two lists are.
Further to this, if Obama had any intention on giving free healthcare for all, then he wouldn't be sending more troops to Afghanistan to secure the worlds opium supply.
The very same world opium supply that when the Taliban came into power on the 9th of September 2001, after defeating the American backed Bin laden run Muhajadeen, declared illegal and incidently would have wiped 90% of the worlds opuim supply overnight.
Yep that's right folks, wether you belive it or not, i'm afraid it is true, the fact that if the Taliban wiped out the worlds supply of opium overnight meant all these pharmacutical companies would go bust. They have given the government HUGE amounts of money to go in there and resecure it. And i'm sorry to say this, but this is the reason that not in a million years would Obama "socailise" the healthcare system in America. Too much profit to be made in privatisation/forcing open free markets for the big guns i'm afraid.
"Socialised healthcare", what does that actually mean to you guys, the whole of Europe has free healthcare for all, does that mean we are all communist or something?, What are you guys taxes actually paying for?. How many millions of people and their kids can't even get access to the most basic healthcare in your country, and compare that all of the many millions of people and their kids in Europe have free healthcare as a basic right.
I think when one is dying in the street, relying on foodstamps and charity handouts, this mythical catchphase called "socialised healthcare" just doesn't cut the mustard i'm afraid.
Don't get me wrong, Obama is the best thing to ever happen to your country, as i am sure he will iron out some of the injustices that are going on over there at the moment, but free healthcare for all isn't one of them.
I hope i haven't offended those of you who actually belive what the mainsteam government backed media tell you to belive.
P.s. Here in the U.K we get our ostomy supplies free as a basic right, which everybody embraces, it doesn't mean we are socialists, communists or any other so called political influenced brand names that is used as an excuse for denying our right to basic healthcare.