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kaygore

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Member since : May-22-2009 (Verified)
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 9 months ago

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kaygore 9 months ago
Also eliminate signing statements.
kaygore 9 months ago
I have used the single payer system in the UK, both times in emergency situations, and I was stunned at how superior it is to our system. My best friend who lived in London for three years noted that although the UK system is not perfect, she concurred with me that the UK system is far superior to ours and her taxes were only slightly higher than in the US but she got six weeks of vacation a year and all the holidays--more than we have in the US. We already have several single-payer systems here in the US and those who are covered by these systems like them: Medicare, the VA, and the military as well as congress. I pay $6000 a year in premiums and have a $6000 deductible. I eat an organic, plant-based diet, I do not smoke or drink, nor do I take drugs of any kind--legal or illegal, prescription or OTC--I also exercise for at least an hour a day, every day. You could raise my taxes by $8000 a year to pay for a single payer system and I would be ahead. However, we are excluded from the national discussion, we are arrested in Senate hearings, and we are laughed at my our elected representatives and those who bribe them with millions in campaign contributions, the health care special interest groups. This is a travesty.