Cash for Clunkers & Public Health Care

It seems car dealers all over the country are pulling out of the government's "Cash for Clunkers" program where you can get $4,500 for trading in a car that gets less than 18 mpg as long as you purchase a car that gets good gas mileage. The reason they are pulling out is the program has cash strapped the auto dealers. You see, the dealers have to fund the purchase out of their own pocket and then apply for reimbursement from their friends in Washington D.C. and that process is taking so long that the dealers have run out of cash. Many are wondering if they will ever get paid. Of course, our Treasury Secretary has spoken out on the topic claiming everybody will get paid. He didn't say when. Now all this really wouldn't matter that much except that it's a demonstration of our government's ability to operate anything. If you think the government will be better at processing health care reimbursements, whatever you are smoking cannot be legal. I know I've asked this question before but nobody's provided a good answer as of yet, "Can anybody name anything the government got involved in that actually got better?" Didn't think so.