What is the proper role of government in health care?

With the House of Representatives by a margin of 5 votes in a highly partisan fashion has passed a massive intrusion of government into health care, the time seems appropriate to hear what Nobel laureate Milton Friedman had to say about the proper role of government in health:

Comments

[Jones]

I wonder what Nobel laureates Krugman and Obama think of this health care stuff?

[Mark]

To me, it's almost an impossible question to answer because it isn't like we can have a true double blind study to see what the real affects of reform would be.

That being said my business partner and I struggle every day to find a way to provide affordable health care for our families so some type of reform seems necessary...if that includes a public option or not needs to be answered by people with much more expertise then I have.....unfortunately politicians will get in the way!