Here's a great example of govt. run health care:

Airman 1st Class Colton Read was having his gallbladder removed at David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California when surgeons nicked or punctured an aorta. The breach was repaired enough to save his life, but soon began leaking. This complication disrupted the blood supply to Read's legs and prompted doctors to fly him to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for a partial amputation. The case is currently under investigation by the base.

Yep, we need more of this kinda help for sure. Sadly this is also exactly why malpractice suits occur. With this airman in the service however I believe he's incapable of filing suit against the hospital or doctors who made this sad and awful mistake that definitely will change the whole course of his life from this point forward.

Is it really so hard to imagine this type of care on a national scale once the federal government becomes a major (if not THE major) health care provider for the citizens here?

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What Mrkim forgot to tell everyone is that because this happened at a military hospital Airman 1st Class Colton Read will not have to pay for any follow up medical procedures due to this unfortunate mistake. If this happened in a private hospital, the best outcome would have been a lawsuit with the lawyers getting 30% or more of the settlement and the patient would still have to pay for further medical cost. These mistakes happen just as often at private hospitals but with a worse outcome. I would rather have a medical system which is not afraid to own up to its mistakes unlike the one we have now.