I don't see what's so wrong with a generalized government health care system. It's pretty common in Europe. We have obligatory government health care. Of course, it has its cost, that's the downside. The upside is, no more poverty due to the unaffordability of the most basic health care, no more hugely expensive meds (that is so sad to see from a country such as the US). But is the system that President Obama has envisaged going to be as comprehensive as the European models? I don't think so, so I don't get why so many Americans are so afraid of this.