National Health Care

National Health Care sounds like a fine idea. I have seen and heard much debated on the topic. I can't understand how a country as diverse as the United States can be expected to fairly achieve the goal. Before we decide we will have a National Health Care program, don't we have to identify real sources of funding that then become the basis for constraints on what National Health Care will cover? Do we cover breast implant or Viagra? Do we cover stroke treatment on a 70 year old patient? How do we treat terminally ill cancer patients with a low probability of treatment success? We live in a land where someone can put a cup of hot coffee between their legs, get burned, then sue to company that sold it them! We live in a country where people spend thousands to treat their pets, then eat hot dogs for dinner! Once a National Health Care program is created, there will be a general expectation that the poor should obtain benefits equal to the rich. Benefits equal to our humble public servants in Congress and the White House. Our country will bankrupt itself a trying to meet the demands of a population of takers. The nature of the American character must change before we will be ready for a National Health Care program. We must become a nation of grateful supporters, giving of our means for the benefit of the community. It is the easy way to say "I deserve" "give me", but that is a childish attitude that is contrary to successful civilization. When President John F. Kennedy said "ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." he summed up the problem. Of those asking the country to provide health care, how many are willing to settle for less than the luxuriant health care that Congress enjoys? How many will give up their lives when the time comes, to preserve the financial well being of our nation? Can Congress lead by example; have they ever?