@Lash,
No you offered an excuse for why you voted for republicans when they have been against health care help for as long as I can remember in my adult lifetime. You said you didn't know there was an alternative to our health care systems when you voted for Bush Jr., which unless you were living under a rock in the nineties, wasn't true because the Clinton administration tried to push UHC (of sorts, sort of like Germany or like we have now) during Bill Clinton time as president. Which came before Bush Jr.'s time as president.
Just admit you made a mistake voting for Bush and supporting him until whenever you had your poltical metamorphosis.