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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katelew who wrote (3798)	1/11/2008 5:19:30 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Well we could help the people in some states with high costs, but allowing them to buy insurance from companies chartered under other states regulations. It wouldn't be a total solution, but its a nice IMO clearly positive step with little risk or downside. Compare insurance costs in New York State to costs to the costs in low costs states. Its not just an issue of New York City being a rich high cost area. LA has lower insurance rates than Buffalo. (And I don't think California is a low cost state for insurance). As I said its not a total solution, but perhaps taking small practical steps that can be built on later, is a better way to handle the problem than some large sweeping plan that faces all sorts of political opposition, and that might lead to unforeseen consequences.