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Peter Orszag of the OMB talks with John Dickerson at Slate. I feel compelled to comment on what Mr. Orszag says. He begins right off the bat saying that single-payer is off the table because Medicare is viewed as wasteful and that its important to keep what works now and get rid of the bad. But the baddest of the bad is the rising costs of care. So wouldn't the first thing you would want to fix is the rising costs? What would be the most effective way to do that? A single-payer system fixes that by demolishing the health care industry and going to a system that serves patients, not shareholders. If you look at all the reasons Mr. Orszag says is wrong with the industry, a single-payer system fixes these issues. The bankers have recieved huge sacks of money from the Fed. Let's not let the same thing happen to our health care system.

Robert Reich is right. I'm reading his book right now. It's great, too.

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