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READING THE HEALTHCARE BILL: A Tampon Tax? That?s going to make selling the bill ?aggressively? a?

By Glenn Reynolds

READING THE HEALTHCARE BILL: A Tampon Tax? That’s going to make selling the bill “aggressively” a little tougher. Plus, from the comments: “Actually, tribbles are a pretty good metaphor for federal entitlements, aren’t they?”

UPDATE: Oops: Dems forgot to cover preexisting conditions for children.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Clare Toohey emails: “How is being a woman ‘no longer a pre-existing condition’ if our monthlies need treatment with a ‘medical device?’” You’ll have to address those questions to the White House. But maybe this explains why the Tea Party is majority-female. . . .

MORE: How Many Employers Will Stop Providing Health Insurance?

FINALLY: Reader Andrew Bunger writes: “This law is a big turd sandwich. Arguing that a few raisins managed to make it through the Congressional intestinal tract doesn’t make us any happier about having to eat it.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 24, 2010 (boomark / email).