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["clanSkeen" <sgian AT planetc.com>]

> He
> cited one stat that claimed Tenncare was taking a full third of the state
> budget.

I'm thinking it's more like:   if the reforms are not put into place it 
would soon take 1/3 of the budget to fund it.   But even that isn't so 
remarkable.  Tennessee is  a small state population wise, and the state 
government doesn't get involved in a lot of things that take money.  We have 
no state income tax.  So even 1/3 the budget isn't as much as one might 
think.

But you are very correct on one thing, if social medicine is going to work 
(and I think it is inevitable), there are going to have to be serious 
constraints on it.

James