Coercive Care: Proof the "Public Option" is a Public Threat


	Coercive Care: Proof the "Public Option" is a Public Threat

blueridge

11-6-2009 10:14 PM

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coercive care, public option, healthcare bill, healthcare reform

blueridge says:

It's not an "option" but tyranny when it is an ultimatum "offered" to you, and a command with a threat from the government behind it.

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