Decent health care ought to be a basic right, not something that depends on the job you hold, and coverage should be portable and guaranteed to all Americans. Our patchwork health care system of private insurance and government programs simply isn't working. It's time to try what Canada and most European countries already have: a national, government-run health care system. The system would work much like Medicare, except that everyone would be entitled to coverage, regardless of age, income or job status. Like Medicare, you'd still pick your own doctor, but the government would get the bill. We've debated what to do about health care for years, but so far we haven't come up with a solution. This is the only way to solve the problem of the uninsured, once and for all.