Why tinker with our health care when it's the best in the world?

[Mike Johnson]

I just returned from the pharmacy. The man in line in front of me had a nasty cough, and prescriptions for both cough syrup and antibiotics. He didn't have enough money for both. He paid for the cough syrup & asked the pharmacy tech if they could keep hold of his other prescription for two weeks. He was waiting for his next payday. The tech said No, they could only hold it for a week, but maybe they could schedule it to be filled in a week, and then he could pick it up a week after that? So that was the plan.

As he walked away, I asked him how much the antibiotics cost: $15. So I paid for the man's amoxicillin. He got all teary eyed when the tech handed it to him.