Sorry, 2009 Newcity “Best of” post, “Best Indicator that America needs a new healthcare policy,” but you’ve just been one-upped. Remember that sad fundraiser you mentioned? The one that raised funds for an uninsured bicyclist caught in a hit-and-run? Flyers soliciting donations for brain surgery (for a girl with epilepsy) and leukemia treatments have since been spotted at coffee shops and bars on the Northwest Side. And now the 2012 best idea for a bumper sticker slogan: “It will be a great day when the chronically ill get all the money they need and the Air Force has to DIY advertise to buy a bomber.”
Best of Chicago 2012
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