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Why Centralized Health Care Failed (Aka; How I Learned To Hate The System)

Why Centralized Health Care Failed (AKA; How I learned to Hate the System)
An old woman wakes up to the sound of coughing next to her. Her husband has been sick for weeks now, and his raspy wet choking seems to be only getting worse. She tries to go back to sleep, but she can't; her thoughts are filled with uncertainty and fear; they have no insurance, and they cannot afford to go to the hospital.
This is just one casualty of America's war with itself over Health care. As of this writing, American's health care system is a mess. Millions of American's currently live without health insurance, doctors seemed to be swamped with bureaucracy, and health care costs throughout the nation are skyrocketing out of control.
The reasoning behind the continued existence of this failed American health care enterprise is simple and disgusting; America has slowly chosen to enact governmental policies in order to protect us from ourselves. It is these systematic "checks and balances", along with a heavy involvement in corruption, which have effectively doomed centralized health care in America.
The Clinton Years
The early 90's was a time of fundamental change within governmental power in America which began when the Democratic party gained control of the presidency. Elected after a 1992 campaign promising health care reform, President Bill Clinton seemed to be the magic bullet to make universal health care in America a reality.
President Clinton's service in office saw two proposals which pose a great significance to health care. One, a broadly implemented health care reform package in 1993, and the 1996 Welfare Reform Act.
In 1993, Bill Clinton's administration proposed a significant health care reform package. Announced by President Clinton in an address to Congress on September 22, 1993, the package was anything but simple; running more than 1,000 pages.
The core elements of the reform bill consisted of both a belief in simplicity and business...