The Cost of Health Care is the Real Disease


	The Cost of Health Care is the Real Disease

chestnut501

11-3-2009 2:14 PM

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news, politics, health, health-care, costs

chestnut501 says:

Cure the disease and all the symptoms will disappear

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11-3-2009 5:34 PM

loulairusa2

Joe Lieberman (Democrat ?!?) and his Republicans'
friends are talking about of the high costs of the healthcare reform with public option? It nauseates me.

Stop the wars! Bring our troops at home! Use our money for the health care! Save lives!

Remember Joe Lieberman? YOU VOTED FOR THE WAR.

WWW.COSTOFWAR.COM - The Cost of War

11-5-2009 6:28 AM

zizzy

Last week I went to a pancake breakfast fundraiser for a man who has cancer. The effort raised a little over $6,000.00 which will cover the cost of his medicines for one week.

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