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I own a small business in downtown Portland. We have always provided health insurance for our employees. It is good business and it's the right thing to do. Our rates increased almost 50% this year! We have shopped around and every other company we can find is still an increase of 30 to 40%. I believe the insurance companies and most of the health care establishment have lost touch with what average Americans are going through. The only logical option I see is a single payer plan. Basically Medicare for all. There is enough money in the system...but nobody wants their ox gored! For this to work everyone , including consumers, insurers, doctors, for profit health care companies and drug makers all have to give up something.

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