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In response to an Oct. 15 opinion column from a Maine legislator about healthcare solutions for Maine, several items repeat neoconservative healthcare suggestions that are often talked about during campaign season, but are rarely made or pursued as legislation. Instead, “let us pursue common-sense solutions” in healthcare is a slogan that resurfaces every election cycle, usually as a way to delay real reform.

Other nations have long recognized that healthcare does not function under so-called market solutions. Whether it’s the provincial system in Canada or national systems in Europe, Taiwan, or Israel, the lesson from experience is clear to me: It makes sense

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