It's about time for healthcare to be a hot topic in the news.  It's been an issue for years now, and it's finally being talked about (a lot/enough) in the mainstream.

I lean toward Libertarian.  I want the government in my life as little as possible.  Healthcare, however, is one thing that the government should be giving us as citizens.  A government's job is to protect its citizens.  Currently, with the way our healthcare system is, our government isn't doing its job.

There are many bad arguments against "socialized" healthcare: people will have no motivation to work, it will hurt the rich, we will have long waits during emergencies.  None of these excuses are true.  First, we live in a consumerist society; people want, therefore people will always have motivation to work.  Second, taxes might be a bit higher, but it's a small price to pay in order to help the needy (where's your heart?).  Finally, have you seen the waits we have now?  Waiting times couldn't possibly get longer.

Whatever, the fact of the matter is that we need this.