No the government is not out to get us, just out to get our money.
Every thing the government gets involved with is a financial disaster. USPS, AMTRAK, SS and Medcare/medicaid.
The bureaucracy gets in the way, after they create a department and hire all the $100k managers they need more funding to do what they set out to do.
Why can't you see that heathcare will be the same?
Here is a prime example.
The US Department of Energy budget.
http://www.cfo.doe.gov/budget/10budget/Content/Highlights/FY2010Highlights.pdf
on page 14, total corporate management $383,202,000
Do you really think this is economical?