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8. I know. It's terrible. Nobody else in the developed world has to go through this.

Reply to hunter (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 04:08 PM

Jan 2013

I don't understand why Americans put up with this. When I saw people holding signs for "no public option" at rallies against Obamacare I couldn't imagine what they were thinking.

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K-n-R, True Dat Royal Sloan 09 Jan 2013 #1

I am that 33% progressoid Jan 2013 #2

Best health care system in the world.* Initech Jan 2013 #3

Many people can't even afford the 20% Copay. Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #4

It's shocking how quickly the bills mount for just diagnostic tests. yardwork Jan 2013 #5

Putting it on our credit card destroyed our credit. hunter Jan 2013 #7

I know. It's terrible. Nobody else in the developed world has to go through this. yardwork Jan 2013 #8

A million bankruptcies a year from medical costs, we are just one. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #6

I am so sorry. yardwork Jan 2013 #9