Islam, Universal Healthcare, and Gov't Control

I will start off with this video:


Colin Powell should win a fucking prize, cause he's awesome and dead-on in so many ways. I recommend watching that entire segment (which is available on youtube), because he speaks so many truths in it. I recently had a group discussion at school, moderated by two pediatricians working the wards at MCG Hospital, which serves a very large very sick and very indigent population. The topic was universal healthcare. Many student postulated the typical for and against. Everyone clearly recognized that there IS a problem, with millions of regular, "joe the plumber" americans without any coverage at all. The interplay between the insurers and the providers has falsely driven the cost of healthcare into a "bubble realm," making the uninsured functionally unable to pay fee-for-service for any procedure or visit. I believe that everyone should have healthcare, but I don't any idea how to provide it. All I know is government-controlled healthcare is not the answer. We are currently in a war on terror, specifically the brand brought to us by islamic fundamentalists. What Powell touched on in the above video, is that we are (hopefully were) only inches away from being in a war on islam. some people in this country might not realize that difference. 9/11 was terrible, and domestic terrorism is the worst thing on earth. I know, I've seen it first hand in Israel. It is awful. But we are NOT in a war on islam. We are in a war against those who wish to kill Americans and have declared war on America...namely Al-Qaeda and its supporters. Islam and terrorism are not synonymous. So, should the government be in control of our healthcare, what happens if they decide that we are in fact in a war on islam? It is not out of the realm of possibilities. what if they decide to no longer insure muslims. After all, America interned Japanese-Americans in concentration camps during WWII, siezed their property along with their rights. It only takes a charismatic and morally erratic fundamentalist christian leader to bring the conservative christian base (and voting block) into a slightly more terrible direction, and America could see wholesale disregard for race, creed, and color. That is why it is important to LIMIT the powers given to government, to not provide them with more control over our lives. The merits of self-reliance were established by this country's forefathers early-on, and we must not forget them. We must remember to defer to common sense, to our own abilities, to the ideals we were founded on. It is absurd that 30 million of our American brothers and sisters cannot access healthcare in a meaningful way (that is, outside of an emergency room), and it is our duty to provide a solution for them, for ourselves. But more government control is not the answer. As I've said before, the only good government is a castrated one.