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Why didn't the banks get their bailout money from the companies that provide us with "health care'?
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Why didn't the banks get their bailout money from the companies that provide us with "health care'?
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If you are ready to sit back and listen, I’ll tell you a story that might make you laugh. At the age of 72 I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. It was my understanding that my brain had not had any neurological sleep for 65 years which explained why I was always tired and had never been able to work an 8 to 4 job like normal people.
I was referred to a company named Apria Healthcare where I got a breathing machine which came with a mask to strap over my nose. I was told that the machine would enable my brain to sleep at night and I would no longer be exhausted in the afternoon.
But a follow-up computer analysis of my sleeping habits revealed that the mask didn’t work right because my mouth came open when I fell asleep. One of my neighbors suggested I tape my mouth shut with duct tape, but, after I called them only twice, my friends at Apria sent me a chin strap. The strap is about 3...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:If you are ready to sit back and listen, I’ll tell you a story that might make you laugh.
OUTRO:So --- the next time you see an unpleasant situation that could be corrected, write a letter to your newspaper --- and mail copies to your representatives. They lie awake nights in Washington, trying to think of ways they can help you.
