I forgot that Medicaid is already state funded. From what I remember of stories when I lived back in Michigan everybody is quite unhappy with the job the state does to control "entitlement" abuses. Of course everybody is always unhappy with the job the government is doing.

I love privatization with EVERYTHING the government does and then giving the taxpayers the option to select public or private. If you select private then you get a voucher or tax refund for overpaying on services you didn't require from your government. Of course everyone will argue that it will create further inequality with the poor who can't afford the privatized offerings. I like to think of public offerings as the alternate to nothing at all rather than the norm. Unfortunately, government sponsored everything is the norm in today's world.

I think Obamacare is a great idea! Except I don't want it. I am in the military and if I had the chance to dump my "free" Tricare insurance, receive higher pay for services that I have elected not to use, and then go purchase my own private insurance, I would feel much better about my healthcare. Its a shady medical program we are forced to use.... Gimme my money and gimme my option I say!