So if you like the plan that you have, let's say through your union or through your employer, because you know that it gives you access to the specialists that you need, then you can keep it and we can drive everybody's costs down. There is only one state in the country that has attempted a true single payer system, and that was Vermont. And they abandoned it 15 years ago because they couldn't figure out how to pay for it and they couldn't figure out how to implement it. So for me, again, it's the goal. (21:39–21:47)
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