As millions face a steep rise in insurance costs, lawmakers continue a long battle over who should pay for health care

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4. The simple solution is a "single payer" system where everyone contributes and health

not profit is the primary consideration. We don't have to re-invent the wheel, there are a lot of examples around the world. At some point the American public will wake up (or not) and realize that they can change the way we live by supporting a government that actually serves the citizens and not their financial contributors.

The American ethos: It's not a problem unless it happens to me, and when it does happen to me l am absolutely outraged that other people let it happen to me.