the statistics, you'll see that in 2009 1.8 million are expected to leave the U.S. to seek treatment in other countries and by 2010 that is predicted (Deloitte) to be 6 million. The number of people coming to the US from other countries each year is numbered only in the thousands (under 100,000). We've HAD "socialized" medicine here for years. Medicare, Medicaid, remember? We also have a lot of other SCARY "socialized" programs... like Fire Departments, Schools, Police, the Highway Department, SOCIAL Services. Have any of these programs denied you from exercising any of your "freedoms" (such as the freedom to open your mouth and look like an @SS)? NO. Fear is spread by using words like "socialist" which, frankly, most people don't even understand. If you look at MOST of the Governments of the world, they are hybrids of different systems. Our country is called a "Democracy" and technically, it is. However the electorial process is controlled by big corporate money, and many politicians are so afraid of losing corporate sponsorship that they have quit looking out for the people and now consistently support legislation and programs designed to further corporate interests and profits at the expense of the welfare of the people they represent. Frankly, I don't think "Obamacare" goes far enough. Without a STRONG public option to increase competition, the plan is doing nothing but forcing people to pay for expensive for-profit insurance. In effect, it will deliver millions of new customers to the insurance industry (cha-ching).