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To: epicure who wrote (51918)	3/5/2008 11:17:06 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540795

I hate the current system; I actually find the idea of a single payer appealing, though I do have grave reservations about the government's capability to run it efficiently. However, the enormity of such an undertaking seems to me to require a lot more consideration, and a lot of expert number crunching and discussion about what it would cost and whether enough could be done within our current system to avoid it, and if not, how we could ever manage the transition. That was all I was asking. Are the Republican suggestions practical or desirable? Can we not work within the system we have by expanding parameters and lowering the cost? Do we have to mandate, a concept that I just hate on principle? As for the strawbaby, perhaps it is, but this afternoon didn't leave me with a very good feeling about the willingness to consider alternatives. I ended up feeling that universal health care was already the desired conclusion and no one seemed to be thinking about the causes of the out of control costs. Won't these still exist? I have liked Obama on this since I thought he was walking in the middle of the road, with an eye toward getting coverage for all who want it, without turning it into a mandated govt program.