Playfullheart, you do realize that even if healthcare is socialized, it will most likely be basic care and anybody with previous healthcare plans would be able to keep them right? Thus, bureacracy will be kept under a tight limit, and reliance on socialized healthcare will only be on the lower class. I'd imagine abuses by HMOs would also be taken care of in the private sector. That's pretty much the reason why people have lost faith in privatized care.

I'd imagine, in the interest of fairness, private coverage would be tax deductible too.