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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:09 PM
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New Shocking Details of Senate Healthcare Plan Revealed!
Senate Unveils CompromiseCare
Details of Healthcare Plan Revealed
The Borowitz Report
December 17, 2009


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - The United States Senate today unveiled details of its health care plan, tentatively called CompromiseCareTM:

-- Under CompromiseCareTM, people with no coverage will be allowed to keep their current plan.

-- Medicare will be extended to 55-year-olds as soon as they turn 65.

-- You will have access to cheap Canadian drugs if you live in Canada.

-- States whose names contain vowels will be allowed to opt out of the plan.

-- You get to choose which doctor you cannot afford to see.

-- You will not have to be pre-certified to qualify for cremation.

-- A patient will be considered "pre-existing" if he or she already exists.

-- You'll be free to choose between medications and heating fuel.

-- Patients can access quality health care if they can prove their name is "Lieberman."

-- You will have access to natural remedies, such as death.

http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=7083
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:10 PM
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1. Borowitz hits the nail on the head! nt
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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:12 PM
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2. That would be better than nothing. Right?
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hayu_lol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:20 PM
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4. Thanks, I really needed this...
probably hits the proverbial nail squarely on the head. Too bad we can't hit a few of our glorious leaders the same way.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:24 PM
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5. Well, if we're laughing, the nail's not in the coffin yet. nt
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:18 PM
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3. Healthcare plan details leaked by Senate staffer!
Get the dope on this healthcare reform
http://tinyurl.com/y8ufsnp
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:35 PM
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6. Or as Conan O'Brian put it...
This plan isn't perfect - it'll cover everything except doctor's visits and hospital stays...
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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:37 PM
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7. Don't forget! These benefits will be available to 30 million more Americans too!
:sarcasm:
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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:58 PM
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9. If if they refuse to pay the insurance company bloated premiums they'll be fined!

You'll pay for the no benfits, high premiums policies and learn to love it!
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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:39 PM
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8. But it will pass
why do you hate Obama so much?

:sarcasm:
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gaysonf Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-19-09 12:59 PM
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10. great post
dems sold us out
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