Goverment run service

Recently (years in web terms), Kos made this comment on his blog.

"How could a government-run service be any worse than these unaccountable, unethical, disgusting creeps?"

He was talking about the health care\health insurance. This comment was after a fairly lengthly post complaining about some insurance troubles he was having. My only comment would be to ask, what makes him think that a service run by unaccountable, unethical, and disgusting government creeps, with the weight of the law behind them would be any better.