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"So last night President Obama talked a lot about how our healthcare system needs some major changes. I couldn&amp;#039;t agree more: My blood boils every time I report the statistic that 47 million Americans don&amp;#039;t have health insurance. And even though I&amp;#039;m fortunate enough to have good health insurance, dealing with it drives me mad. Why should some company dictate which doctors you can see and what tests you can get. Having continuity in doctors is an important factor in getting good healthcare, especially if you have chronic conditions. But it&amp;#039;s hard to have that continuity with the current health insurance system set-up unless you can always afford to chose the &amp;quot;PPO&amp;quot; option on the healthcare plan\u2014that is if the plan even has that option. Every time the healtcare issue crops up, I always find myself in a debate with someone who says why should government step in when there are plenty of people out there who could afford it if they prioritized their money right (meaning they choose to buy a car instead of paying for health insurance). But many of the people who can&amp;#039;t afford health insurance are working, but living paycheck to paycheck and aren&amp;#039;t choosing a car, but their next meal, over health insurance. And the way I see it, the way our healthcare system is structured now does not give power to the people; it gives power to the health insurance companies. I&amp;#039;m not for socialized medicine, but something has to change. What do you think? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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