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Alexa Chung helps President Obama explain his health insurance reform proposals with a little help from Auto-Tune.

[Via James Fallows]

The event: a Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform. The place: Berlin. The year: 1939…

Protester #4: Hey, what about the fact that Hitler combs his hair over to hide his democratic sympathies?

Nazi Rep: Well, I have to admit that that would be an extremely odd way for the Führer to hide something like that. But you can rest assured that he has no such predilections. He believes in totalitarianism and the power and judgment of the state. It's a wonder I'm even here right now, soliciting opinions and questions from you all. You can rest assured that nothing you say will make it back to the Führer.

Protester #4: What about the secret holes he has in his nose where he hides his boogers?

Nazi Rep: Those, sir, are what I believe are referred to as nostrils. Everyone has them.

Protester #4: And if someone doesn't – are they entitled to free health care under Hitler's crazy plans for reform?

Nazi Rep: No, it's my understanding that people without exactly two nostrils will likely be shot.

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service, the BBC have put together a look at the service's early years.

On 5 July 1948, the National Health Service was launched with the proud expectation that it would make the UK the 'envy of the world'.

Here you can follow the early years of the NHS from radical plan through to triumphant birth and on to fully fledged but sometimes problematic service.

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