Originally Posted by nightowlrn

Oddly, you point to France as an example. France’s healthcare system is used as a benchmark among health care systems and the last time I looked was ranked first for performance. Can you please cite the souce that indicates 45% tax ? When I researched this in 2003, employers paid around 13% and self employed people paid around 7%. There is also a 5% tax on general incomes. There is also an income cap around $100K. Other funding is obtained from "sin taxes" and pharm companies, who benefit because France agrees to buy the drugs they market.

As for your other arguments - you should get a job lobbying for the bigpharmas or the AMA. You certainly listen to their arguments.