Reading The Bills: Health Care Reform

Jennifer Daniel
Baltimore City Paper | September 8, 2009
The government of the United States is not trying to kill your grandmother. Or at least, if it is, no one saw fit to include that detail in the broad proposals for the reform of the American health-care system. Putting aside the name-calling for a moment, here's a look at some of the major proposals in the House and Senate versions of the bill.

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