uft s- tory len whitson says he cannot put a value on a life and have a procedure that exceeds that not being available to that person. it is not the individual approach to that our society depends on. our society is a society which values the individual. >> would the gentleman yield? i just want to comment, this is interesting. one thing we are not doing, we are not adopting a carbon copy of the british system. >> were not. >> that is uniformly rejected. i noticed with curiosity, for the last x number of years the private insurance industry has basically rationed healthcare. we evette extensive debates and that to try to pass legislation to do away with preexisting conditions and other matters that they would make the decision all the time. they complained about the private sector bureaucrat getting between the doctor and a patient and say no we are not going to make those payments. that it's been happening year in and year out. i have not heard the same outcry against that interference with the delivery of healthcare to people as a result of the private system stepping in. in this cas