15 best health-care jokes of 2009

As the health-care reform debate went from gut-wrenching to ridiculous (and back again), late-night comedians found plenty to mock

Laughter is the cheapest medicine
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The good news: It looks likely that President Obama will sign a health care bill into law by February. The bad news: That could mark the end of boredom-relieving healh-care reform jokes on late-night TV. Here, a month-by-month review of the most incisive witticisms from the likes of Letterman, Leno, and O'Brien. (Watch a video collection of the best health-care jokes from December, 2009)

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