Yesterday Anika, our 7 year old, overhead us talking about how disappointed we were about Hillary’s new health plan. She interrupted us asking if we were mad about it, to which we replied “well yes, we are”. So I thought this was a great opportunity to school my daughter about our nation’s current “for profit” health care system compared to other nation’s free universal health care systems. She was shocked to hear people die in the US because they can’t afford the medicine or an operation they need. And that in other european countries the doctors help you in any way they can without having to worry about money. At first, I was very impressed with her interest and conclusions. She asked “Is our president too distracted with the war in Iraq to think about health?”. But when I mentioned Hillary Clinton’s new proposed plan. She said “Hillary Clinton? I thought you were talking about the other Hillary. Hillary Duff!”. She then quickly realized how funny it was and broke out laughing. I kept trying to go back to the subject at hand but I had lost my audience to a running joke that lasted through the night.

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