YOU DON'T DESIGN A UNIVERSAL SYSTEM...:

Obama Quizzed at Health Care Town Hall: On Taxing Benefits, Single Payer System, and Costs (Yunji de Nies and Sunlen Miller, 7/01/09, ABC News)

President Obama got personal with one audience member Debbie Smith, 53, who through tears, described struggling to pay for cancer treatments without insurance, without a job, and living on food stamps. The President hugged Smith, and promised to have his staff look into helping her, within the existing law. On a broader level, the President said her predicament is an example of why the system needs to change.

“Debbie, you are Exhibit A, and we appreciate you serving -- sharing our story,” he said.

...around the aberrations.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 2, 2009 7:50 AM