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"With the money in the system right now, we could cover everyone for every medically necessary service. But the system has to be distributed according to medical need and not as it currently is - as a commodity. Today, those who can pay get lots of MRIs they don't need, while those who are uninsured can go without ones they do need."
- Dr. Marcia Angell commenting on US health care proposals in the NYT

(I had to look up "single-payer system". It's what we have in Australia.)