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Blackflon
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Marietta, Georgia, United States
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December 04
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Professional Againster

OCTOBER 30, 2009 8:57AM

GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTHCARE. YOU ASKED FOR IT. YOU GOT IT.

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By: Jane Hamsher Thursday October 29, 2009 10:30 am

 
I'm Jane, and I'm a breast cancer survivor

I'm Jane, and I'm a breast cancer survivor

There was much celebration on Capitol Hill today with the announcement of the new House health care bill.  For myself, as a three time breast cancer survivor, there was tremendous sadness and disappointment in the Speaker

 http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/house-health-care-bill-a-death-sentence-for-my-fellow-breast-cancer-survivors/

 

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And this is just one person that will be negatively affected.

The moochers, leeches and parasites win one.
Blackflon,

The "pre-existing condition" clause bothers me. If you lose your job and your insurance provider, what then? Just asking.
As Ric Tresa pointed out in his post, this bill is a disaster. It's the worst of both ends of the political and social spectrum.
Everyone is going to wind up hating it, mark my words.
I was a proponent of Universal Health Care paid for with hookers, gambling and assault weapons, but no one wanted to listen to that idea. Figures.
Anyway, thanks for posting this woman's story, and I admire your adhesivness to your viewpoint, even if I don't always agree with it.