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	Evil Insurance Companies!!

billpar

10-7-2009 10:38 AM

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billpar says:

So should we get rid of the evil insurance companies who pay a higher percentage of claims than medicare? And that is BEFORE the Medicare cuts and BEFORE "Comparative Effectiveness Research" starts being used to determine care... remember - "Maybe Grandma would be better off with a pain pill" and of course stopping those evil capitalist doctors wanting to remove kids tonsils because they would make more money than prescribing antibiotics.

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