Speaking of health care reform

By palmd on September 4, 2009.

You really should be reading Zuska's pieces. As usual, she cuts through the crap to the meat of the issue. Go now and read.

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I know. I think I tweeted the link to every single one of her posts as soon as they went live.

Yup, Zuska's pieces are pure gold.

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