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Obamacare! (A poem)

03.28.2011 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

In response to a year-old Vital Speeches blog post on an Obama health-care speech, somebody from an outfit called Tennessee Medicare Quote recently posted this thoughtful comment:

[Health Care Reform] Obamacare [is going to|will no doubt|is designed to|will definitely|will certainly] [have|cause|produce] [unforeseen|unpredictable|unnecessary] [consequences|results|issues|problems] [that most|that the majority of|that almost all] [people are|citizens are|consumers are] [not|not really|not even] [noticing|seeing|realizing|paying attention to]. [I guess|I imagine|I suppose|Maybe] [it's|it truly is|it is really] [hard|difficult|tough|challenging|tricky] [with|due to] [a law|legislation] [so long|so huge|so massive] [that|which unfortunately] [no|absolutely no|simply no|virtually no|certainly no] [human|human being|person|individual] [would be able to|are able to] [fully understand|completely understand|understand fully] [it|the law|the legislation] [even if|even when|regardless of whether|whether or not] [they|they even] [read|look at|read through] it. [I|My partners] [sell|market] [health insurance|medical insurance|health care insurance|medical care insurance] in [Tennessee|TN], and [we|I|we all] [just|basically] [had|just had] our [pay|compensation|earnings|salary] [cut|reduced|slashed] by [over|more than|greater than] [half|fifty percent|50%|one half|50 %]. [I|We] [wish|really wish] [someone|somebody|some-one|anybody] cared [to|enough to] [protect|offer protection to] [small business|work from home business] [people|owners].

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