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About Health Services Reform

William Rice

Dispute on public health services reform in the USA has once again ended with fight. As writes Ventura County Star, during collision on meeting in California to the elderly opponent of reform have bitten off an arm finger. The person of the supporter of changes is not established, it is searched by the authorities.

Incident has occurred in the city of Tauzend-Ouks where in the evening on medium, on September, 2nd, took place meeting of supporters of the reform offered by administration of the American president. The victim, 65-year-old local resident William Rice, were included into small group of the "counterdemonstrators", come to show to participants of meeting the discontent.

The unknown man in black, participating in the meeting organised by liberal group MoveOn.org, has entered with suffered in fierce dispute. Rice subsequently recognised that he the first has struck the opponent on a nose as has not endured insults and wished itself to protect. In the fastened fight the opponent has bitten off to it a little finger part on the left arm.

The bitten active worker has gone to local hospital, and its opponent has disappeared from a place of skirmish before police arrival. One of colleagues of Rice has found the bitten off finger, but restore its doctors could not: at a human sting the considerable quantity of harmful bacteria is transferred.

The reform of Obamas referred on creation of uniform universal system of public health services, is not confirmed yet by legislators and causes in the USA appreciable disputes. As writes The Boston Globe, next week the president plans to address to both chambers of the Congress in which will underline necessity of operative carrying out of reform.