{"id":769,"date":"2009-08-26T08:31:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T08:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/08\/remember-ted-kennedy-by-giving-the-american-people-real-health-care-coverage.html"},"modified":"2009-08-26T08:31:34","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T08:31:34","slug":"remember-ted-kennedy-by-giving-the-american-people-real-health-care-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/08\/remember-ted-kennedy-by-giving-the-american-people-real-health-care-coverage.html","title":{"rendered":"Remember Ted Kennedy by giving the American people real health care coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/27kennedy.html\">Ted Kennedy died<\/a> late last night. He spent his career fighting to get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randcompare.org\/\">health care<\/a> coverage for all. 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