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Well Nickel, that's how every other western country except the US does it. It's called national healthcare. You are right, it's exactly what the US needs. The only problem is insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies have way too much at stake financially to be willing to make any real change in the way things are. Take for example the recent Bush adminstration rule that prohibits Medicare, the largest group insurance pool in the country, from obtaining volume discounts on drugs. Instead our 'honored citizens' are required to pay premium prices for drugs that they should be getting significantly cheaper. Pretty unbelievable.

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