Instead, I saw my mother fork over huge sums of money to pay for things that my grandparents needed that Medicare refused to pay for.

Now ask yourself, should we give the government more money and power to provide more health coverage that is sub-par?

How about one other simple solution: The government is going to spend several thousand dollars per person per year.  Why not give every man, woman, and child a $1,000 voucher for them to use on health care as they see fit?

How simple would that be?