We already have national health care, sort of

Quartz recently noted that half of Merikans rely on one form or another of gummint health care aid, be it Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, and VA and Tricare for veterans. And, that doesn't count the partial assistance of ObummerCare.

But, the righteous wingers consider Medicaid for slackers. Medicare, per people in the past telling the gummint to "keep your hands off my Medicare" is considered an entitlement, not in the technical sense, but in the Trumpacolypse entitled Karens and Kens sense. O'bummercare is, well, you know, socialism on the cheap if not the road to the hell of Medicaid.

The VA, well, that's for our veterans! Nothing too good, except when it's converted to VA  HMOs, which is what Tricare is.

Oh, the Quartzite guy forgets about Indian Health Service, as well as not counting Dear Leader Care.

Count the IHS, and Dear Leader's Keep Your Doctor at 25 cents on the dollar, and we probably have 60 percent of Merika on the gummint health dole.

But, it's fragmented as hell.

Ain't that Merika, the home of the free? Sing it, Boss Bruce!

Damn, we could do this all for so much better.

If you've ever been on worker's comp, you know how easily national health care could work.