4 things you should know about the healthcare reform bill
(USA Today) UPDATED 2009-08-03
Most people--including many members of Congress--haven't read the 1,017 page healthcare reform bill currently being debated in Town Hall meetings across the country. The bill, H.R. 3200, is the subject of a great deal of misinformation, experts say, and getting the facts straight is hard given that most people don't have firsthand knowledge of what's in it. In this article, Dr. Bernadine Healy encourages everyone--in the public and in Congress--to read the bill, which is available as a free download here at the Library of Congress Web site. But she also gives four things that you and your representatives in Washington should know about what's in the bill.
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