Congress gets 10 plans, a private pharmacy; Have pre-existing conditions? No problem
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Chicago Tribune
August 4, 2009 Tuesday
Chicagoland Final EditionBy Mark Z. Barabak and Faye Fiore, Tribune Newspapers
Too much, too fast, too expensive. Those are some of the objections lawmakers have voiced against the health-care overhaul Democrats are attempting on Capitol Hill.
But many Americans think Congress is out of touch. How, they wonder, can lawmakers empathize with the underinsured or uninsured when they receive a benefits package — heavily subsidized by taxpayers — that most of us can only envy?
