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To: JohnM who wrote (51423)	3/3/2008 12:04:56 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541853

I think the first priority about health insurance is getting it to the uninsured. and I think that can only be done if we cut costs. If we go for wider coverage and dont get the expected cost savings, we'll get fewer services. In the case of my argument, identifying the problem is not difficult; getting the political will to transition to a single payer system is well beyond daunting. But it helps to keep the concept in play as a benchmark, if nothing else. The 20% in savings that they are talking about isnt from cutting paperwork, it is about cutting treatments that dont seem to work. That isnt going to get any easier in a single-payer system. Slacker

To: JohnM who wrote (51423)	3/3/2008 1:19:19 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541853

The difficulty with that 60 Minutes program John is that I don't know where to send some money. I was so impressed with this program and how the 71 year old founder sleeps in a garage, showers outside with a hose.. Could be a millionaire but prefers to use his talents to help people.. We need more men like him.

To: JohnM who wrote (51423)	3/3/2008 2:51:41 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541853

I think the first priority about health insurance is getting it to the uninsured. Chickens and eggs. The first priority is to get the cost down through structural changes. Then there will be fewer uninsured to deal with. There are uninsured and then there are uninsured. Most of them can be dealt with through cost reductions. Many more through structural changes. If you deal with the uninsured first, demand goes up and so do costs. Much tougher and much less likely to get the structural changes done later.