Why I am in favor of health care reform...

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This story is one of several personal anecdotes that I can relate in order to explain my longtime support for health care reform. As several of you are aware, I worked in the front lines of the health care industry for close to a decade, and saw a number of things that disturbed me about our system. This is one of the most upsetting incidents I

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What gets me are some of the exagerrations and lies being perpetrated by the opponents of reform which are being told to a group of people who are largely ignorant of how our current medical industry works. And how some of the lobbyists, pundits and politicians prey on our senior citizens is disgusting.

The other enigma is one of the most outspoken critics - Mr. Glenn Beck, who is a convert to The Church of Latter-Day Saints. A couple of ... Read Morechurch practices is tithing, generally at 10% of a member's income, and fast offerings, which are used to fund a number of projects that assists the LDS community, including a church welfare system that has a network of storehouse. There is also encouragement for members to do volunteer. What I want to know is why Mr. Beck doesn't object to what could be considered by some as "communist" or "socialist" practices conducted by his church, but he has a screaming mimi fit when a similarly-structured practice is being proposed by the American government? Funny, since he seems to feel that Christianity (at least his particular brand) and our government should not be mutually exclusive.