Bravo on this important article! I'm a thirty-something freelance writer and cancer survivor. I can personally attest to the detriments of expensive and profit focused health care in this country hindered by costly insurance plans with high deductibles as well as limited coverage. I left my 9 to 5 office job in early 2004 for the freelance world to be diagnosed with a cancer recurrence one month later. I now pay almost $500 monthly (with a $1,500 deductible) for a bare bones individual plan focused on America's allopathic medical model. I lived in Europe and clearly witnessed the freedom people have there through universal health care. Europeans have affordable access to health care and education: two hallmarks of democracy. America is a young country, but when will we catch up??