Obamacare is 'like a microwaved meal' — and 7 other inventive analogies

Depending who you ask, the new health-care legislation evokes a Norse saga, Pearl Harbor, or Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction'

How is health care like a microwave meal?
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During the prolonged Obamacare debate, commentators didn't hesitate to liven up dry analysis with creative analogies for the bill. Here, 8 of the more notable comparisons proposed by pundits, bloggers, and politicians:

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