Reply #76: yes, but many people are under the impression that all of Western Europe and Canada [View All]

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have ALL their citizens covered. I was just pointing out that there are some that don't have 100% coverage. The most natural evolution of our system would be closer to systems existing in switzerland/the netherlands, a public/private hybrid. This bill gets us much closer to their coverage percentage than we have now and should reduce costs over the long run. I'm particularly pleased to see the stripping of the anti-trust exemption and the inclusion of comparative effectiveness research. We can improve it each year, bill by bill, but we have to start somewhere that can actually pass congress.