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William Fisher: A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate
Now, the first thing I want you to know is that I'm no health care policy expert. Far from it. But, like the rest of us, I have a body and a mind that can get sick. So I'm a participant in the debate whether or not I want to be. And being about to mark my eighty-first birthday gives me a ...
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