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The health plans do that, though.

I think that government provides some policy-oriented political oversight a little bit for these health plans in general, but limited. limited because these are private agencies or private companies but here's here's a real problem that that that i see i think there's so much confusion out there and if we had

I think that government provides some policy-oriented political oversight a little bit for these health plans in general, but limited. limited because these are private agencies or private companies but here's here's a real problem that that that i see i think there's so much confusion out there and if we had

a single payer system, you know, again, politics, government, et cetera, but put that aside for a second. If we had a single payer system, Clarence, do you think that that would help as far as making things easier as far as access, as far as understanding? In other words, I don't have to sit and navigate, you know,

a single payer system, you know, again, politics, government, et cetera, but put that aside for a second. If we had a single payer system, Clarence, do you think that that would help as far as making things easier as far as access, as far as understanding? In other words, I don't have to sit and navigate, you know,

10 different health plans in order to figure out which is, this is the health plan that I have done. Okay.

10 different health plans in order to figure out which is, this is the health plan that I have done. Okay.

Yeah, well, that's a whole other topic.

Yeah, well, that's a whole other topic.

I think on a previous show, I had mentioned that the symbol of medicine is you know, is the, you know, with the serpent and, and the actually in the staff and the staff represents the traveling nature of a physician. And, you know, we grew up with that.

I think on a previous show, I had mentioned that the symbol of medicine is you know, is the, you know, with the serpent and, and the actually in the staff and the staff represents the traveling nature of a physician. And, you know, we grew up with that.

You know, it's like, I remember as a kid having asthma and, you know, my, you know, a doc would cut, you know, my pediatrician would come to the house and, and treat me at the house. You don't see that anymore.

You know, it's like, I remember as a kid having asthma and, you know, my, you know, a doc would cut, you know, my pediatrician would come to the house and, and treat me at the house. You don't see that anymore.

You know, you bring up a good point. You have to have good representation to help people. Yeah. But not everybody has to navigate per se, you know, which gets this whole idea of leadership. So, you know, we've got governmental leadership. Like, for instance, we have commissioners of health. We have assistant commissioners at the state and at the local, et cetera.

You know, you bring up a good point. You have to have good representation to help people. Yeah. But not everybody has to navigate per se, you know, which gets this whole idea of leadership. So, you know, we've got governmental leadership. Like, for instance, we have commissioners of health. We have assistant commissioners at the state and at the local, et cetera.

We have heads of centers for disease control or what have you. And then you have politicians. Okay. So it's like, how is it that we integrate leadership? so that it can affect health in a positive way. I think that that's central to this whole conversation.

We have heads of centers for disease control or what have you. And then you have politicians. Okay. So it's like, how is it that we integrate leadership? so that it can affect health in a positive way. I think that that's central to this whole conversation.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. So, you know, we're coming up into a, well, we're meshed in an election coming up here. And, you know, what kind of message do we, you know, who've been in the healthcare environment, what is it that we want to say to our listening audience when you're dealing with elections In this case, you're dealing with politicians and health.