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Obamacare needs the premiums of healthier people to cover the costs of sicker people. It's a devious con that can only be described as insurance.

Stephen Colbert

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Stephen Colbert
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 13
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Washington
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Stephen Tyrone Colbert
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