{"id":333,"date":"2010-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/03\/healthcare-in-hot-water.html"},"modified":"2010-03-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T00:00:00","slug":"healthcare-in-hot-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/03\/healthcare-in-hot-water.html","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare in Hot Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

The community is buzzing about the historic American healthcare bill that is going through the voting process. Where do you stand<\/a> in this very important (and popular!) topic?
\nOne member writes, “The problem for Democrats is that Americans do not like to be condescended upon, and told what’s good for them. Worse, many Democrats voted for this bill not out of principal, but because they were either threatened or bribed.” Where do you stand in all of it?
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The community is buzzing about the historic American healthcare bill that is going through the voting process. Where do you stand in this very important (and popular!) topic? One member writes, “The problem for Democrats is that Americans do not like to be condescended upon, and told what’s good for them. 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