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Stan

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Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Thank you. So you alluded to the fact, and I agree with you wholeheartedly, that our system in the United States is probably the most complicated anywhere in the world. I just think about somebody who wakes up one day and just says, okay, I have to get health insurance. It's just like, whoa, where do I start? So let's back up on one thing. Give me your thoughts about single payer.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

In other words, if we're really talking about trying to get rid of confusion and perhaps get rid of confusion and just make it easier overall. Talk to me about single payer.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

In other words, if we're really talking about trying to get rid of confusion and perhaps get rid of confusion and just make it easier overall. Talk to me about single payer.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Yeah, well, that's true.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Yeah, well, that's true.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah, Clarence.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah, Clarence.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

So let me go back to this kind of theme that I called, I'll just call it confusion. You know, it's just like, and let me just take one facet of that whole ball of wax here. Yearly, every year, people are required to do open enrollment. Okay. Now what does that do? I mean, you know, in the scheme of things, why do we have to keep going through this year in and year out?

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

So let me go back to this kind of theme that I called, I'll just call it confusion. You know, it's just like, and let me just take one facet of that whole ball of wax here. Yearly, every year, people are required to do open enrollment. Okay. Now what does that do? I mean, you know, in the scheme of things, why do we have to keep going through this year in and year out?

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

And it, and it provides frankly, angst for a lot of people. It provides confusion. It's, um, can I use for, for instance, when, when you're looking at this yearly update or whatever it is, um, People ask, well, can I still see my same physicians, et cetera? What is it? Why is it that we have to embrace this? I mean, every year we have to go through this.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

And it, and it provides frankly, angst for a lot of people. It provides confusion. It's, um, can I use for, for instance, when, when you're looking at this yearly update or whatever it is, um, People ask, well, can I still see my same physicians, et cetera? What is it? Why is it that we have to embrace this? I mean, every year we have to go through this.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Well, again, OK, so this is part of the- Well, universal by, excuse me, universal on the other hand, you wouldn't have to worry about that, right? Yeah. It would just continue to happen.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Well, again, OK, so this is part of the- Well, universal by, excuse me, universal on the other hand, you wouldn't have to worry about that, right? Yeah. It would just continue to happen.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

It just keeps going on and on. Erin, you have a question for us.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

It just keeps going on and on. Erin, you have a question for us.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Thank you. And if it were a right, then everybody would know it and they would understand clearly that

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Thank you. And if it were a right, then everybody would know it and they would understand clearly that

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Yeah. Yeah. Right. No kidding. Yeah.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

Yeah. Yeah. Right. No kidding. Yeah.

Health Chatter
Access to Health Care

So let's play out a scenario here. Let's say I didn't have health insurance. And all of a sudden I'm having chest pain and suffering from a heart attack. What happened? Do I just die in my chair or what happened?