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I don't know if this goes as far as political suicide. Maybe this is damned if you do, damned if you don't.
My opinion of this whole thing is skewed, as I'm writing this from a nation that's had health care in its current form for longer than I can remember. Its buildup predates me. Furthermore, the man credited for its development and inception is considered a national political hero.
Anyway, my view of what's going on south of the border is this: you're doing it wrong, but it's better than doing nothing — and the system can be reworked and rejigged after it's implemented.
I think the problem with most Americans is that they're too damned paranoid of socialism to actually develop and implement a workable system parallel to the systems in place in much of the developed world.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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