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	"When a government mandates health insurance"

kris_tea

6-17-2009 5:12 AM

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kris_tea says:

As a healthcare worker, the idea of socializing medicine scares the beegeezees out of me.

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6-18-2009 2:26 AM

BartendingBear

As an uninsured American, the idea of breaking my arm or getting a serious infection scares the crap out of me.

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