26. Oberlander.
June 6, 2008, p. 45, http://www.allhealth.org/brief
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27. The Usual Suspects, Gramercy Pictures, 1995.
("The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was con-
32. Harvard School of Public Health and Harris
vincing the world he did not exist.") See also
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Charles Baudelaire "Le Joueur généreux," Le Spleen
33. Paul Krugman, "Why Not Single-Payer?" New
de Paris; Petits Poèmes en Prose, 1862. ("Mes chers
York Times blog, October 7, 2007, http://krugman.
frères, n'oubliez jamais . . . que la plus belle des
blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/why-not-single-
ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe
payer/.
pas!")
34. See Harvard School of Public Health and
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Harris Interactive. Notwithstanding their highly
Meets Mephistopheles (Washington: Cato Institute,
tailored definition of socialized medicine, Dorn
2006).
and Holahan admit that "single-payer plans can
29. David M. Cutler, Your Money or Your Life: Strong
involve such a major expansion of the govern-
Medicine for America's Healthcare System (Oxford,
ment's role that they would become the function-
UK: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 116.
al equivalent of socialized medicine." Dorn and
Holahan, p. 10.
30. Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, and Sara R. Collins,
"Building Blocks for Reform: Achieving Universal
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Coverage with Private and Public Group Health
Obama on Single Payer in 2003," June 4, 2008, http:
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http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/ab
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36. Amy Chozick, "Obama Touts Single-Payer Sys-
31. At a forum on that Obama-like plan, former
tem for Health Care," Washington Wire, Wall Street
Medicare administrator Gail Wilensky remarked,
Journal, August 19, 2008, http://blogs.wsj.com/wash
"I do not believe Lewin estimates for a moment."
wire/2008/08/19/obama-touts-single-payer-system/.
Alliance for Health Reform and Commonwealth
37. "What Is Socialized Medicine and Is It Relevant
Fund transcript, "Medicare as a Building Block
to Health Care Reform?" p. 6.
for Health Reform: Should Americans Buy In?"
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