Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

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Now there is to be a new asylum system, separate from the police, and run by former UNHCR lawyer, Maria Stavropoulou.

BBC: Greece asylum: Journey through a broken system

Gordon Brown's reform of a decade ago means that those responsible for monitoring the banking system are separate from those who make the decision to intervene.

ECONOMIST: British banks

The U.N. system has separate schools for boys and girls.

NPR: Women's Group Slams Gaza Law On Gender Segregation