Thanks, Placid. Good comment. The news reports seem to be ignoring the fact that this is a major problem all over the usa. What happened to Edith Rodriguez was a preventable tragedy, but every day in the usa, people die needlessly from medical errors, neglect, lack of access to medical care etc. The system is broken. A universal single payer system would cost LESS and save lives. It is the lobbying of the HMOs, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies that have prevented it. The congressmen and women have been bought.

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