>Tore, unless I'm incorrect, Mike has acknowledged that he hasn't read Obama's health care bill. (I'll stand corrected if I'm wrong).
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>I've read it...believe me, I didn't enjoy reading it, actually I hated reading it, but I read it.
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>Sadly, there are both schills on Obama's side and rednecks on the Tea Party side, neither of whom have actually read the bill - and they have zero credibility with me.

Ultimately any form of universal healthcare is going to be based on a tax whether you call it that or call it compulsory insurance. There are flaws with our system in the UK but I can't imagine a majority here wanting to abandon it.