Health costs hurting the Irish

I think that we are headed in the wrong direction with the democratic health plan. It will cost all of us far more than we want to pay. It will provide us less medical care than we will need and lastly it will break the bank. We have seen examples of this in Hawaii, Maine and Mass. Why are they fighting so hard to put in place a plan that doesn't work. I need to take what we currently have; i.e. Medicare, etc. and improve it to the point that we need it to be. We can negotiate with drug companies and insurance companies but if the proposed health plan goes in we can't negotiate with a government department. We have seen examples of the current democratic congress members walking out of committee meetings to prevent a vote from being taken. (Rick Rangel is noted for this tactic.)