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Doable If We Want It  Universal Healthcare Doable If We Want It
By Kevin Osborne · March 4th, 2009 · Porkopolis If you were to
ask most Americans, there’s little doubt that a sizeable
majority would say overhauling the U.S. healthcare system is
more important than bailing out the major banks.  A recent study
concluded that having the United States convert to a single-
payer national health insurance system would result in a net
increase in cost of $63 billion — or about six times less than
what the federal government is spending on the bank bailout.
Moreover, the switch would have a significant stimulus effect by
creating millions of decent-paying jobs and pumping more revenue
into the economy.  The study was conducted by the Institute for
Health and Socio-Economic Policy, a non-profit research group
for the National Nurses Organizing Committee.  Single-payer
national health insurance involves a system in which one
governmental agency controls healthc