What do all Scandinavians, Belgians and the Dutch have that 52 million Americans don't? Health care

If the law is fully implemented, most of the 52 million who had no health insurance for part or all of last year won't find themselves in the same boat again. A big if since right-wing foes of the act are set on killing it outright or defunding it in whole or in part between now and when all its provisions become operative in 2014. And that's an attack on a reform that doesn't measure up to what citizens of other countries already have. While these right-wingers despise anything with even a whiff of the European, it's Americans they're making war on. Putting an end to that means severing ties between them and their paymasters. That is no short-term goal, and elections alone won't achieve it.