a note on health care.....

before opening that can of Sherwin-Williams that will eventually paint you in an ideological corner (thanks to the kabuki bloviating of American punditry), be sure to start at the cat-herding enterprise of CMS to get the 10,000 foot perspective of what we're all dealing with.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/competitiveacquisforbios/
http://www.jointcommission.org/