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As Oregon lawmakers mull over the idea of moving toward a system that eventually requires insurers to cover everybody, they might want to consider lessons learned from our neighbors to the north… that is, Washington not Canada. (We aren’t going that far).

Our country spends more on healthcare than any other industrialized country, with costs absorbing 16 percent of our GNP (gross national product). If current trends hold, that percentage is expected to increase to 25 percent by the year 2015.