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Originally Posted by CDSmith
The USA is almost at a crossroads on this issue. You can either build a workable new system that covers everyone and removes any further instances of horror stories like those contained on Moore's movie, or you can continue on clunking away with your existing mess.
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You have to eat an elephant one bite at a time man.
Obama said it perfectly, if he was designing a health care system from scratch he would make a single payer system.
However, we can't just throw out everything we have now and start over. That would be a nightmare. (not to mention it would scare the shit out of most people)
So the plans being proposed cover everyone and are probably the first nail in the coffin of the for-profit HMO business.