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Paul Begala: HealthCare.Gov 'glitches' no big deal compared to Typhoon disaster

Like the rest of the world, we’re watching the devastating news from the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda with sympathy for those afflicted. But few of us have the gall to try to excuse our incompetence by pointing to a natural disaster and stupidly saying, “hey, at least we didn’t kill thousands of people!”

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Somehow, when Republicans were attempting to block or delay Obamacare, it was deadly, but when millions of Americans lose their health insurance — and website problems prevent these people from signing up for new plans — it’s not fatal at all.

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