Goverment run HealthCare....think VA & DOD

Why do poeple believe that the government can run a health system. Look at what the poor health care that the VA and DOD supply. In late July an Air Force doctor botched a surgery that left a 20-year-old airman without his legs. If you think that he can sue think again, because of a law enacted in the 1950s known as the "Feres Doctrine" prohibits service members, spouses and family members from bringing a suit against the United States Government following medical mishaps. Do you think if/when the government gets involved in YOUR health care they won't have the same doctrine on the books? And what about the condition of the rooms that the soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were place in at Walter Reed in DC.

As far as the VA goes lately in the news there have been storied about patients being informed that they had a fatal disease when the did not, patients who went in for a colonoscopy were informed they may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis because of contaminated equipment.

Could things like this happen now with the health care that we have, yes but most if not all hospitals have procedures in place to prevent mishaps like this for occurring.

I don't know about the rest of you but if this is what we can expect if the government is involved with health care I'll take my chances with what we have now.