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“Public Option” is an oxymoron

 Health care reform  Add comments
Aug 172009
 

Paying for it is not optional. If it was, it would be a private option.

 Posted by Reticulator at August 17 2009 20:51
  Read the bill — Get your facts straight!   Metamorphosis
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