Hi Annette. You got that right. MONEY! Of course the cost would have to be absorbed by all, but the primary reason Universal Health gets squashed in this country is the rich would absorb alot of the cost through taxes. The irony I find in all this is the wealth that has been incured by the medical eatablishment in this country. After all, doctors come out in debt, strapped with student loans. Lets not forget the legal system in our country. You only have to turn on the TV to realize the law firms waiting in the wings to chaulk up their piece of the pie. Then we have the pharmacutical companies making there wealth off the sick and dieing.

No health care system is perfect but when a society denies the right to health and life to it's people because of finance, I'll take the heavy cast anyday.