Why Worry ?

If H1N1 (Or Avian Flu, or Anthrax, or West Nile Virus) is a Nuclear Warhead
and
Poor Lifestyle Choices are Small Arms -
which of the two should worry us more?
(Small Arms kill more people more often than do Nuclear Bombs.)

With Congress fighting over the technicalities of a seemingly simple concept (Universal Heath Care) - how has the problem become so complex?
Wouldn't it just be cheaper and easier to start a health care company from scratch?

The US already has several (under performing) forms of national heath services.

Why not convert all of VA facilities (About 1580 nation wide) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs' facilities (on about 564 recognized reservations) and the entire Medicare system into a single
fully functional entity?

With the elimination of the government's redundancies, a larger pool of covered individuals, and the merging of facilities - wouldn't we already have the infrastructure needed to develop a profitable chain of health care facilities?

Couldn't the estimated trillions of dollars to be spent have a more direct effect on the lives of those in need?

Is congress over thinking a simple problem?

IMOHO - Obama's concept of health care will not work.

Congress seems more concerned with it's own ability to capitalize on the billions which are expected to be spent by making back door deals of their own.

Big Pharma and Big Insurance in collusion with Big Government is always a lose/lose for us all.