What one thing would you change about the USA to improve your and everybody else's quality of life, or change just because you want to?
For me it would be;
Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare and healthcare.

I agree and I would improve education...........or the parent's involvement in their kid's education

There is nothing wrong with healthcare


the problems is the way we pay for it.

Completely agree with you. I hate worrying all the time about having an accident or getting sick, just because of the money. Everyone in the UK bitches about the NHS, so did I, now I realise how lucky we were to have it.

That varies hugely from one area to another, just as it does in the UK. I agree with healthcare, or more to the point the lack fo it for those who are not well off.

Isn't it amazing how people back home have completely unrealistic expectations of US healthcare. They seem to assume that 'everyone has insurance', and if you've got insurance there's nothing to worry about... Ha!

Just finally, finally finalised our taxes. Last year we spent over $13k on co-pays, deductibles and dental! That's on top of the $10k+ that DH's employer paid for the insurance premiums.

And no, we are not a particularly unhealthy lot. DH needed a couple of dental implants and DS had to go to the ER because he fell off his bike. Rest is just routine stuff.

AND we are supposed to have one of the better types of cover

compassion- doesn't seem to be lot of it around in this country. Everyone is out of themselves and bugger the person you run over in the process.

well most of the people who fall under this probably don't have to worry too much because they can get medicaid , which is "free" or help with some other plan for low income families , it's the hardworking middle classes who really suffer , those who are between the ever increasing gap of" too rich to get help and too poor to afford the ever rising costs of health insurance, and like a previous poster explained , even people with Healthcare get screwed

the fact that earlier this year the news reported that the majority of Bankrupcies in this country were caused by unforseeable medical costs...it's a disgrace

Ammo should be sold at a subsidized price... .44 mag ..is just getting too much..

Well stop spraying it around then - you should pick your targets more carefully.

Those were the people I meant! Let's face it well off here is a whole different thing to well off in the UK.

On the other hand I'm getting a bit out of touch with the UK now ...

oh *lol* yeah i always get confused when my hubby says we're "middle class" when i know damn well were "working class" *lol*

If you listen to the politicians, you will learn that the entire country is "middle class", and the whole "middle class" is suffering at the hands of the invisible, undetectable, un-named non-"middle class".

Be careful! Someone sitting next to you might not really be "middle class"!

And who are those 'ordinary Americans' we also hear so much about?

Humour....They need sarcasm and Irony...