> our politicians -- our congress -- have their own health care system.
> we don't hear much about that from pundits, major media, the
> politicians, etc. their system is the one that should be extended to
> every citizen in the USA.
Actually, Kerry has said just that a number of times -- words to the effect of "I think every American should have as good a system of health care as we in Congress have."
That doesn't mean, of course, that the proposals he is standing for in this campaign are anything like that -- he's no single-payer supporter, at least at this point.. But I agree with Jim that most people would probably support a much more radical system that Kerry is currently advocating, and that this should be a major focus of progressives in the coming years, whoever wins this election.
One can either say, "Well, these politicians will never do anything," and wait around for the Revolution, or one can try to mobilize a grass-roots effort to get "socialized medicine." I'm in favor of the latter approach.
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