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How might the United States fund a national health care system?

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Unfortunately, they're going to have to fund it through taxpayer money. Businesses and taxpayers are going to be taxed, which will increase the overall tax burden. In addition, employers will have to pay for additional stipulations, like a minimum amount of healthcare coverage for all employees that work over a certain number of hours. This is what we're facing with Health Care Reform, also known as Obamacare. The democrats were very eager to reelect President Obama in ...

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