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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (114788)	7/6/2009 2:01:29 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541861

<<<<his only real comment is ....JUST DO IT. But providing health care to all people won't do one thing to fix our broken health care system.>>> Our health care system IS broken. The costs are out of control and continues to increase. The outcome per dollar spent is poor compared to all other advanced countries with universal health care coverage. Is there another option but to fix the system? Providing a public option and or to provide universal cover lowers the cost of healthcare. Is there another option? <<<Next to Krugman's piece in the hard copy of NYTimes this morning is an excellent piece by Paul O'Neil (don't know if has been posted - I hope so) that touches on real meaningful health care thinking that addresses cost.>>> According to Paul O'Neil there is a healthcare cost of about 1$trillion caused by wasteful spending, errors, and inefficiencies in our healthcare system. Does it make any sense to try to fix that problem? Does it make sense to fix it even if we have to spend billions and perhaps hundreds of billions to make our health care system more efficient? How can you fix the system without paying to get the system fixed?