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Brickbat

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4. Mr. Brickbat told me once that something like 70 percent of his union's health care coverage

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 10:49 AM

Nov 2013

went to four families out of thousands. Two of them had kids with leukemia, one had another kid with special needs, and I can't remember what the fourth one was.

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Gotta Read: What makes U.S. health care so overpriced? It’s not what you think [View all] sinkingfeeling Nov 2013 OP

And guess what drives up the cost of treating those with chronic illness? Scuba Nov 2013 #1

The budget under sequestration is ~already~ less then Ryan's plans, isn't it? Fumesucker Nov 2013 #2

"Bipartisan" would imply that there are two sides. Scuba Nov 2013 #3

Republicans make the argument that madville Nov 2013 #5

Mr. Brickbat told me once that something like 70 percent of his union's health care coverage Brickbat Nov 2013 #4

We are spending a lot of money keeping people alive with lots of kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #6