I'm on my way out to music so I haven't yet read all this thread but I do want to address this:

Riginslinger, Jan 11 2:39, wrote, "What happened was, many people who couldn't get health care in some other place moved to Oregon and swamped the system."

At 3:36 Jan 11, Stilly Sage, relying on Rig's perception, wrote, "... Oregon just didn't get it right or was in the wrong position when they put it into play for it to work. Don't blame illegal aliens and the poor for the Oregon failure."

My question, Rig, is: Why then is The Oregon Health Plan this year signing up more than 2,000 people per month to bring the system up to the 30,000 budgeted for?