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I'm anxious to see basic, affordable medical coverage made available to everyone that is delivered sensibly (not all of it in a hospital emergency room paid for by whatever means the hospital can muster including gouging insurance companies and self-payers). I'd be happy to pay higher taxes, if necessary, to do that for those that can't afford it. But I don't have much appetite for enforcing that all coverage be identical for everyone particularly if our government is going to be the only operator. I'm also fearful that may employers may drop the coverage they provide to employees under other provisions that have been proposed. And I'm afraid of what will happen with Medicare (our federally run system of providing health care to everyone over 65) which is destined for insolvency if costs are not controlled or the system changed and properly funded. I have zero faith that these will be handled sensibly. Either many people will suffer unnecessarily or taxpayers will bear the brunt of costs that will be too high and that will pad the pockets of someone undeserving, I'm sure of it.
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