Posted on 10/31/2002 3:42:56 PM PST by EBUCK
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:39:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Soaring health care costs are a very real problem. A bigger problem, however, is what Oregon voters have on their November ballot, which a dozen other states are also considering: single payer health care. Proponents claim that having the state pay for nearly everyone's medical needs will provide high-quality, accessible, affordable and comprehensive care to everyone. If this is such a good idea for the health care sector, then surely it should first be applied to a sector more important to people's immediate well being, like food.
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