National Healthcare

I have a 21 yo son who currently is living at home. He was having a severe pain in his lower right side about 3 weeks ago, and 2 nurse friends told us it could be anything from constipation to something very serious, and advised him to see a doctor. Since he is not covered on our health insurance and he was too new on his job to be covered there, I told him to go to the local clinic for low income folks to save $$. Well, when he got home he shared his frustration and confusion. He said the doctor he saw mumbled so badly that he couldn't understand most of what he said and had to keep asking him to repeat himself. The only question the doctor asked him was if he was constipated. Son said no. Doctor mumbled that he had no idea what it might be, go home and take some ibuprofin and see if it goes away. My sone could not believe this and felt he had wasted his time. He went out to the front office and she said he owed $15 today and needed to fill out paperwork for government insurance. If he didn't file for the government insurance he would owe $185. My son thought he had misunderstood her so he asked her to repeat. She just said he needed to pay $15. So he did. A few days later a letter came in the mail stating that he must turn in the paperwork for the government insurance or pay the full office visit fee of $185! WHO charges $185 for an office visit?!! The only conclusion I can come up with is this: Those who get paid by government subsidy, that's who. AKA National Health Insurance! Doctors who are unqualified (go home and take ibuprofen and see if it goes away?!?!), who don't care (mumbles so he can't be understood), and overpriced beyond belief! What would National Healthcare do to the US? Can you spell bankruptcy? Can you spell long wait to get in? Can you spell incompetency? Can you spell DISASTER? Name one thing the government has taken on from the public sector and done better. Yeah, I can't either. What are people thinking? (By the way, think of the money he could have saved if he went to our family doctor ~ the best doctor in town ~ who gets you in with little wait, takes the time to thoroughly examine you, speaks clearly, is extremely knowledgable, and only charges $75 for an office visit.) OH MY GOODNESS! Can we stop the madness?!?!