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CTyankee

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7. But we have to remember that the Swiss version of "private" organizations providing health care
Tue Jul 3, 2012, 09:20 AM
Jul 2012

is, by law, NONPROFIT. We need to stress that since it is THE significant difference in what we have with the ACA, altho the ACA is a step in the right direction.

Then we have tired old "maxims" like "The U.S. has the best healthcare in the world," being mouthed by jerks like McConnell (just the other day). That has been disproven so many times it isn't even funny. Even Joe Scarborough has admitted as much on Morning Joe. He goes silent when a progressive tells him that it is our "for profit" health care system that is driving costs up. And no wonder...he's got nuthin' to say in response. It is true.

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