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The Indiana advocacy group Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan says the debate going in Washington over healthcare reform doesn’t go far enough. Its members support a complete overhaul that dumps private insurance and expands Medicare to cover all U.S. residents in a single payer national health insurance program. HCHP founder Dr. Rob Stone cites a new study released by Harvard University claiming that one person dies in America without health care every twelve seconds - more than 45,000 people each year. Joining Stone on tonight’s program are local family doctor Mary Mahern, Bloomington Hospital social worker Mavis Anderson, local League of Women Voters president Sally Hegeman, Middle Way House director Toby Strout, Monroe County Council president Vic Kelson, and city Health Projects Director Nancy Woolery.