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    Senate Unveils CompromiseCare: Details of Healthcare Plan Revealed

    Think about how this applies to the LEARN (sic) Act (S2740) and the Common Core Standards.

    by Andy Borowitz

    WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - The United States Senate today unveiled details of its health care plan, tentatively called CompromiseCareTM:

    * Under CompromiseCareTM, people with no coverage will be allowed to keep their current plan.

    * Medicare will be extended to 55-year-olds as soon as they turn 65.

    * You will have access to cheap Canadian drugs if you live in Canada.

    * States whose names contain vowels will be allowed to opt out of the plan.

    * You get to choose which doctor you cannot afford to see.

    * You will not have to be pre-certified to qualify for cremation.

    * A patient will be considered "pre-existing" if he or she already exists.

    * You'll be free to choose between medications and heating fuel.

    * Patients can access quality health care if they can prove their name is "Lieberman."

    * You will have access to natural remedies, such as death.

    — Andy Borowitz
    Borowitz Report
    2009-12-17
    http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=7083


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