Quick points:
1. My wife and I are both highly educated and "enlightened" folks (heck, we even have subscriptions to Harpers and The Economist!
), and we only agree on about 60% of the "big" issues. What makes Mr. Communist think that an entire nation of human beings will suddenly be in agreement on ANY of the big issues, much less all? Will we all become homogenized clones?
2. The poor in this country, through medicaid, have access to the best medical care in the world, including virtually unlimited pharmaceutical benefits. The disabled and elderly have access through Medicare. No one in this country can be denied medical care if they need it. I have worked in the industry for over a decade, and I know all to well how it works.
There are problems with the healthcare system right now, but health care in the US still surpasses that of any of the socialized systems with regard to how quickly you can receive medical care and to the advanced technologies available in the US on demand, but not in socialized systems.