Ink, that’s an incredibly simplistic way of looking at the issue and ignores many faults that will ultimately (in my estimation) come about as the years go by.
I resent that idea that because I don’t agree with this legislation that it somehow makes me a selfish person. I realize you didn’t state that specifically

Being this side of the pond we have had little coverage of the whole bill and I apologies if you took it as a slight against your character. I do fully agree that the current state of the NHS is beyond a joke but sadly it has been allowed to evolve along with society into something which encourages greed and financial abuse. My wife for example has had consultants try and charge for a train ticket for their wife when they had to attend a conference and wanted the partner to join them. Same person also asked for envelopes and stamps so they could post back their claim form. Needless to say they were told where to stick it. But it is yet another example of how the NHS has lost its way.

It sounds like the US needs a profound shift in view and opinion to be ready to accept a more socialistic approach to health care but while the providers have been making obscene amounts of money out of everyone they will do all they can to stop this approach changing. Look at the tobacco companies or NRA.

Whilst it may not work fully in the current form it sounds like the bill is a start, I would be tempted to compare it to Wilson’s League of Nations, it didn’t exactly work out but did lead to the United Nations which has done a lot of good over the years.