Pan, I've held back because I simply do not know what to say and I suspect I will be in your shoes soon. It is long overdue that we join the other Western nations in a national health plan. Some still believe that the US has the best health care in the world, but a recent study demonstrates that we don't even make the top five.
I promised you I had your back, but I have little substance to match my words. All I can promise you now is that I will do my best to support you as a friend, and beat the drum for national health care for as long as it takes.
Damn little help that is to you right now.
"Drowning in a River of Tears" - Eric Clapton