Sounds good on paper, Mr. Maki, but is too ideologically driven to be desirable.
When you say "universal" what you are really saying is "no exceptions." That is the ideological position and one that many Canadians hold, even when it means that things like hip replacements or MRI's are put on hold if there is a swine flue outbreak. Or if there the quota of such "extras" has been met.
To say it is universal is like saying that all children must attend public schools -- no exceptions. What we know, however, is that the best model is a good public system accompanied by a great private system. If your model were applied to education, we would close down Harvard, Stanford, Macalester, and even Oak Hills Bible. The thing that makes our university educational system the best in the world is the combination of public and private each keeping the other honest.
The oldest national health care system in the world [Started by Otto von Bismarck-- hardly a liberal] is the German system that allows the existence of a dual system, public and private. "Currently 85% of the population is covered by a basic 'Statutory Health Insurance' plan, which provides the standard level of coverage. The remainder opt for private health insurance, which frequently offers additional benefits." [Wikipedia] What it means is this: everyone is covered. What it doesn't mean is that there is a state monopoly on health care.
Profits are, for the most part, a good thing. If the Daily Journal isn't profitable, it closes down. If General Motors isn't, it goes into Chapter 11. The fact is that medical advances are made exclusively in countries where innovators can profit form their efforts. That is why Minnesota is the home of Medtronic and St. Judes, among others. That is why Americans created the polio vaccine and will likely solve malaria.
I am known on this blog as a "liberal" -- whatever that means. As you can clearly see, I am a moderate who is less interested in ideological purity than in results. In the world we live in, a mixture of public and private almost always wins. Ideological purity reads like a simple recipe, but the product that comes out of the over doesn't taste very good.
But thanks for posting; we need to be discussing something other than figure skating on this site,

I agree with TLJ on this one.

Re a totally national health care plan. So far these plans have ALL resulted in rationing. Recently 2 business associates of mine both required knee replacements. The one in Ohio was back on the golf course inside of 3 months. The one in Canada is not yet through his 4 1/2 month wait for the 1st appointment with the specialist. How long do you think his wait will be for the surgery after he finally gets to see the specialist?

Re the implied suggestion to quit supporting Israel and withdraw from 800 military bases on foreign soil.........I guess that's OK if you're willing to write off Israel and set a match to a mid-east nuclear holocaust, and just who are you willing to turn over the global military dominance to? Somebody WILL take the position. Al Quaida, Hamas, China, Russia...?

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"I believe that is why I voted for him and why 62% of Americans approve." 62%? May I ask where you came across your statistic? And what exactly are you saying 62% approve of? Here's the latest Rasmussen poll:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. Sixty-eight percent (68%) believe that the passage of the Congressional health care reform plan will increase the deficit. A Rasmussen video report shows that 47% now expect their own taxes to go up during the Obama years. That’s the highest total yet.