Where the Rubber Hits the Road

The American government has been brought to its knees by its inability to deal with how to provide health care coverage for its citizens. In place of the insane mismash of legislation that is the Obama Health Care Initiative, I wonder if the following would be another way of framing their argument such that it might be acceptable to both camps involved in the current legislative paralysis. Why NOT pay for your health care through the tax system. It could be formulated, implemented and effective within one current legislation if it can provide universal coverage as attached to universal suffrage. PART 1.  Caring for the "widows and the orphans" 1. Provide all health care for those under the voting age, and those after a certain age so as to ensure coverage for the vulnerable in American society. 2. Determine the average annual cost of health care for these citizens. 3. Divide it by the number of tax payers. 4. Each tax payer contributes their share to this cost thr...