Healthcare Issue: What's Your Take?

Today everyone seems to have a take on health care. Hillary Clinton was universal health care but seems to want to make it mandatory that every US citizen has some sort of health insurance. Barack Obama is also for universal health care but is against making such insurance mandatory. Senator John McCain has today said that he does not want "big government" health care and that he wants families to make health care related decisions not our lovely government. The bottom line is that Americans need health care right now. With gas prices soaring, uninsured Americans will find it even more difficult to pay hospital bills in the future. However, universal health care will not come cheap. Taxes will of course raise to offset the money the government will be pouring into this system. After all, take a look at Canada and expect slightly similar results here in America. The bottom line is that we are in debt right now and universal health care is not going to do very much to reduce our deficits to say the very least. We need to balance the pros and cons and determine whether or not universal health care is worth implementing. May I also mention, universal health care equals higher gas prices, which in turn means higher everything else. With this in mind, what's your take?