Health care reform

One of the most telling things about the republican mentality is the former Vice-Presidential Candidate's conflicted perspective on Health Care. As a child Sarah Palin grew up in Alaska and because of the poor health care there, her mother would take her and the family into Canada for Doctor's appointments. Does she now fault her mother for not abiding by the American standard of overpriced and inefficient health care? I'm not getting on the wagon and bashing Sarah Palin, I am trying to point out the disparity between reality and conservative ideals. It's hypocritical (among other things) to ignore practicality for moral or political beliefs. It's like a sickness. These political beliefs that serve to further divide our country, polarizing the people with viewpoints that don't have an immediate impact on their life. The Health care reform bill (still in both houses for a final rewrite) is so watered down that it's become a patch.
I believe we need a single payer system. History has shown that when the American Government (representative of the people) puts its collective will towards accomplishing a goal, there is nothing that can stop us. Keeping the most effective tool (The American Government)against monopolies, robber barons, price-gougers, etc out of the process of fixing health care is a
crime. Privatizing and deregulation have been the biggest contributors to the current world wide recession and will not help to make efficient Health Care. The Federal Government has an opportunity to make health insurance available for everyone (a public option) and through government competition, the health insurance companies will have to lower their prices and become more efficient.