The last time the government "helped us out" with health care, they stipulated what equipment a hospital was supposed to have, and over 200 small community and private hospitals in Texas had to close. True they were not great, but if you had the flu, they could hold your hand while you threw up, My son was born in a hospital here in Brownwood, and when the insurance was paid, I had to pay $9.00. O'course, that was a while back.