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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Rainy day reading: Health Reform Bill text available

Any of y'all who have a) a lot of time and b) much patience with the half-breed English they use in the halls of Congress may find this interesting reading. It's the text of Senate Bill 1796, the Senate's version of the health reform bill.

A couple of tidbits about it:

  • It weighs in at 1,502 pages.
  • A bunch of lobbyists wrote it.
  • If you read it, you're probably ahead of any of our senators. So far I have yet to hear from one who actually read the whole thing, cover to cover.

If you're able to make any sense of it, let me know. Enjoy.

And if you want to scream at your senator or congressman (or to ask him if he read the bill, heh-heh), this website lists their phone numbers and email addresses.

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