I stand accused of having  "slurred" America's health care system!
That's almost poetic, Issodhos.

I'm not going to respond, point by point, to your point by point
obtuseness.      But I will briefly answer "how would Tony make a
healthy nation?"     It would be too ideologic to say,,,,,,by lining
certain people up, and having them shot.    Plus, it would be cruel.
So let me give a few nice proposals, ones that don't even call for the
overthrow of Issodhos's beloved capitalism.

Have the government stop pushing tobacco.    Just say.. No.    And #2,
stop the government from subsidizing oil consumption, auto
manufacturing, and road construction.     Replace this with mass transit
subsidy.

OK, Issodhos.      Hold your breath, and close your eyes.      Let your
imagination run wild, and try to visualize how this would  impact public
health for the better.    Can you do it?

California dreaming..........Tony