American medicine is the best in the world.
At that point, people on welfare and even people without insurance stand a better chance of appropriate testing and treatment than many average, hard-working citizens who happen to have restrictive health insurance. In general, government should stay out of the practice of medicine and not interfere with the patient-physician relationship. With the State population increasing enormously in size, the Bay area and Southern California have to create coherent and comprehensive plans to take us 25 years from now. Mass transit is difficult with our waterways, hills and earthquakes, as well as our personal vehicle psychology. Decentralizing businesses, staggered shifts, and even wider highways need consideration.