I am not an advocate of 100% government-run health care. It seems un-American. But it also seems un-American that so many of our citizens, particularly children, are allowed to fall through the cracks of our present healthcare system. I believe in choice. The government must put safeguards in place so that basic health care is available to all. Somewhere between entirely government-run and our present 'system' lies a fair and workable solution.

The system in its present form puts much of...