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To: Katelew who wrote (51906)	3/5/2008 7:44:37 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540783

and flat out reject the notion of a single-payer one, I have to assume they have no idea how insured people are often treated by their carriers. There's an enormous amount of space for improvement short of a single-payer system. It's not binary. Besides, people always focus on how some problem will be fixed forgetting that other problems, perhaps worse, will be created.

To: Katelew who wrote (51906)	3/5/2008 8:09:39 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540783

To be clear, I don't think anyone here is defending the current system, only asking for a more middle ground kind of discussion, instead of automatically substituting an entirely different one. I don't think I've heard anyone from any party defend what we have. Even the most ardent anti-single payers know we have serious problems to be addressed. But I am willing to listen to their ideas for programs or systems other than a single payer. I see no reason to set up an either/or at this point.