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Single Payer Heathcare
I'm one of those strongly leaning in the direction of Single Payer, at least under a system where the doctors are still autonomous. What kind of recourse is available for mistakes is dependent on how the legislation gets written. My main compliant is that current system is too inefficient for the level of care it provides. I'd rather fight the bureaucratic motive of government than the profit motive of business. Litigation is often a pyrrhic victory. I don't remember any of the three dem plans dealing with malpractice insurance and weeding out bad doctors.
My understanding is that we currently pay about 15% of GDP in healthcare, but France and Germany only pay around 10% - 11%. The US may still have the coolest toys and most innovative techniques, but we're falling behind on basic quality of life measurements for the population as a whole.
U.S. health care spending is expected to increase at similar levels for the next decade reaching $4.2 TRILLION in 2016, or 20 percent of GDP
http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml
