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Subject: Universal Health Care


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Steven Melling
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Date Posted: 21:19:22 02/21/02 Thu

In a Slate Plot Holes review of the movie "John Q," writer Erik Lundegaard ended with the following specious argument.
"According to the film, everyone is in favor of universal health care. If that were true, I wouldn't be paying $200 a month for COBRA."
It's truly ironic (opposed to Alannis ironic) that he would spend several paragraphs deconstructing the movie, then make such a porous statement.
As hard as I can think, I just can't remember the national referendum on universal healthcare.(By the way, if such a thing did occur, BushCroft would probably try to undermine it.)
Though this guy would probably opine something like "well legislators act in the public's interest, and the public didn't want 'Hillary Care!'"
Anyway, I'm sure the movie ain't worth my seven bucks. But with any luck it will make three or four people think.

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