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The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is waiting, waiting, waiting. You wait for everything. You wait for years for operations that are routine in America.
Mark Steyn
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Mark Steyn
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: December 8
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