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Charlyne Yi (Star of "Paper Heart") Makes a 30 Second Video About Health Care Reform

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I spotted this on Facebook and wanted to help spread the word. Charlyne Yi, the star of this summer's "Paper Heart," a documentary about the meaning of love, talks about why health care reform is important to her. As she says,


From Hong Kong: Healthcare reform is not socialist.

Cross-posted at DailyKos.

Don't believe the hype. The healthcare debate in the US is being jeopardized by right-wing extremists who yammer that universal health care is socialism.

Once again, they don't know what the hell they are talking about.

Universal health care is a hallmark of fiscal conservatism.

And the freest market economies of the world all have it.