Every member of Congress has access to Government provided health care - even the ones who will vote against it for others. As does every senior citizen, every veteran, every current member of the military, every federal and state worker. All told, about half of US helathcare is currently government managed in one way or onother. And yet, the Republic has survived...
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Did you see this article in the Guardian?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/aug/21/healthcare-provision-us-uk
BTW, the disease the doctor had, HD, was the disease my mom died from. She lost a couple of jobs before she was diagnosed, and like him, her diagnosis was delayed due to her lack of health care. (I actually diagnosed her, with the help of Altavista search engine, pre-google.)
Such a sad state of affairs.
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