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Health "This is the most important thing in my life."
Posted by Eli Sanders on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:20 PM
I'd understand if, at this point, you hate everyone involved in the endless health care fight. But you can't hate Marcelas Owens of Washington State, a young man who has become Senator Patty Murray's favorite story to tell in D.C., and who's a powerful advocate in his own right.
As this whole mess (hopefully) winds toward a speedy conclusion, Owens reminds why it's worth the wait.
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maybe his time would be better spent learning how to revive his dead mother with the dark arts.
i just pooped.
i just pooped.
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Worth the wait?
That wasn't what Sarah Palin said when she went to BC for medical care ... she soaked up all that taxpayer-subsidized single payer national health care like it was cotton candy ...
That wasn't what Sarah Palin said when she went to BC for medical care ... she soaked up all that taxpayer-subsidized single payer national health care like it was cotton candy ...
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Good lord, I can't stop crying. That kid's quiet grief says so much more about the injustice of our system than any amount of yelling I've ever done.
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We dont' pay to manage the care for a mother with a mangeable potentially fatal condition like this (pulmonary hypertension) but we do pay lots of money (via insurance premiums and medicare) for useless images (which doen't influence the course of care) and costly placebos (accupuncurea dn chiropractic manipulation) for lower back pain.
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Marcelas, you're one intelligent young man with a bright future, your mom is just smiling with pride from heaven. We're all gonna be hearing more about this kid in the not so distant future.
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@4 - did you know that Canadians pay 1/10th as much for their placebos as we do?
Yeah, surprising fact, that.
Yeah, surprising fact, that.
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