Single-payer health system best for Illinois, state lawmakers, activists say

Jonathan Bilyk, Kane County (IL) Chronicle, August 15, 2008 Geneva – State Representative Mary Flowers believes that insurance companies have a place in the market. She just doesn’t think those companies have any place in providing health care. Thursday night, Flowers, a Democratic state legislator from Chicago, hosted a special forum at the Kane County Government Center in Geneva to discuss legislation she introduced that would fundamentally alter the way in which health care is funded in Illinois. ... Single-payer