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Old 09-01-2009, 05:50 PM   #113
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I could possibly accept that, if the feds would stay out of other legal issues that don't concern them--marriage, drug use, medical procedures, education...

Remove *all* federal oversight, other than a basic "if it's legal in the state it was done in, it's okay with us; if it's not legal in the state it was done in, we'll help extradite," and I'd be willing to consider medical insurance that vanishes when people visit their aunt who lives in the next state, because that state doesn't allow [condition] to be treated in its hospitals.
But the states have had a lot of power to do this already. It's not going to happen and the disparity between states is going to be huge. I mean, I live in Texas and under the current system, we are the worst in the nation in terms of insured and cared for. Republicans run this state and they would neglect the population in any way possible to protect their pocket books.
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