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Posted by Don McCanne MD on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008

This entry is from Dr. McCanne's Quote of the Day, a daily health policy update on the single-payer health care reform movement. The QotD is archived on PNHP's website.

At House Party on Health Care, the Diagnosis Is It’s Broken

By Robert Pear
The New York Times
December 22, 2008

When a dozen consumers gathered over the weekend to discuss health care at the behest of President-elect Barack Obama, they quickly agreed on one point: they despise health insurance companies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/health/23health.html?_r=1&hp

And for reform, our nation’s political leaders are going to bring us… even more of the same?

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