HOH’s favorite geeky wonk-rock band is back to explain complicated stuff to America through the magic of song.
The D.C.-based Consensus Bureau is doing the Supreme Court justices and health care reform junkies a giant favor.
“The individual mandate and the problem of free riders in the healthcare system is an issue poorly understood for one simple reason: There are no catchy songs explaining it!” the band said in an email. “Until today….”
Thanks, guys! Some of our favorite lyrics:
I’m a free rider, No Beltway insider, Ain’t buying that mandate, Don’t want broccoli on my plate, So I’m a free rider
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I’m a free rider, And a guardrail-collider, But from my ER bill, I’m gonna pay nil, ‘Cause I’m a free rider
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He’s a free rider, Red, black, and blue free rider, The rest of us will pay, For his hospital stay, ‘Cause he’s a free rider
Heard on the Hill is Roll Call's Capitol Hill gossip blog.
Warren Rojas is a Heard on the Hill columnist for Roll Call, having previously worked as the founding dining editor for Northern Virginia Magazine and also as a tax reporter for Tax Notes. @WARojas
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