The whole thing is infuriating. Complete health care should be a right for all. I believe it's financially sound (preventative medicine is much cheaper than treating the un- and underinsured in emergency rooms), but I also believe it's a moral obligation of a civilized country. I have outstanding insurance because I work for the company that insures me - but where would we be if all the farmers, artists, and small business owners and their employees quit what they were doing so they could work for corporate America so they could have an adequate insurance policy? Why should people who contribute SO MUCH to the country be penalized just because they don't choose to work for the man?
I mean, this is an enormous oversimplification of the whole thing. Enormous! And I don't really know that people want to debate it here...but that's my take on the whole thing. Our country as a whole - corporations, politicians, individuals - just doesn't care enough to make sure everyone - from the very richest to the very poorest - has adequate medical care.