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Have Yourself a VISA Highmark Christmas (parody and commentary)

by: nightowl724

Mon Dec 03, 2007 at 19:03:34 PM PST

(We welcome nightowl724 to the Cure This community! The insight, humor, number-crunching, and analysis in this post make it a must-read... - promoted by los anjalis)

Well, friends, with just a few days left to complete your holiday shopping, I'd like to remind you what NOT to buy for anyone on your list... the VISA Healthcare Gift Card.

Some of you may have already heard about this appalling product at Daily Kos through nyceve's diary VISA introduces holiday healthcare gift card and xxdr zombiexx's follow-up diary The sheer obscenity of VISA's "Healthcare Gift Card."

The whole healthcare gift card concept is so freaking festive that I just have to break out in holiday song! Here is the first verse of Have Yourself a VISA Highmark Christmas:

Since you've stifled Universal Health Care,
Profit from our plight.
As always,
Your earnings will be out of sight.

But before revealing the rest of my parody, I'll give you some background, crunch a few numbers and invite you to submit a song or poem, too.

Won't you jump over the fold with me for some facts and fun?

There's More... :: (4 Comments, 2547 words in story)

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