What's the answer on Health Care?

Is it a single-payer system?  Regulation to force coverage of pre-existing conditions?  Force people to buy insurance or send them to jail?

Deep divisions linger on health care talks about some poll results:

Over the past few months, public opinion has solidified, leaving Obama and the Democrats with the political challenge of enacting one of the most ambitious pieces of domestic legislation in decades in the face of a nation split over the wisdom of doing so. In the new poll, 48 percent say they support the proposed changes; 49 percent are opposed.

With the bill through the House, Senate Democrats are now looking for the votes to enact their version of the legislation and keep the reform effort moving forward. Whatever the outcome of the health-care debate, it will have a powerful influence in shaping the political climate for next year's midterm elections.

 It goes into the support for denial of abortion, but I am not even concerned about that issue.  I try to understand how we mandate coverage without single-payer.  How do we limit those on a public option plan?

Maybe single-payer IS the right thing to do.

From a Whig perspective, could this be an issue best left to the States to decide?  Lot's of questions.