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TOM TOMORROW.(health care reform)(Brief Article)

THERE'S NO NEED FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THIS COUNTRY, SPARKY! ANYONE WHO CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE CAN ALWAYS JUST GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM!(*) BUT LEAVING THAT RATHER GLARING QUESTION ASIDE, WHO DO YOU THINK PAYS FOR THESE EMERGENCY VISITS? I MEAN, YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE COSTS ARE PASSED ON TO THE REST OF SOCIETY-- --WHICH MEANS, OF COURSE, THAT WHAT YOU ARE ADVOCATING IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN INCREDIBLY INEFFICIENT FORM OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE! ...