How to Pay for Healthcare Reform


	How to Pay for Healthcare Reform

darkeforce

10-26-2009 7:42 PM

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darkeforce says:

The US's corrupt commercial healthcare system wastes nearly as much money each year as it will cost to reform healthcare.

Read the whole article and decide; do you want your money going toward providing good healthcare for all, or continuing to finance the fraud and waste in the current US healthcare system?

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