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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.
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.
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.
Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah, Clarence.
Yeah, right, right, right. Yeah, Clarence.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
It just keeps going on and on. Erin, you have a question for us.
It just keeps going on and on. Erin, you have a question for us.
Thank you. And if it were a right, then everybody would know it and they would understand clearly that
Thank you. And if it were a right, then everybody would know it and they would understand clearly that
Yeah. Yeah. Right. No kidding. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Right. No kidding. Yeah.
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?