Heck, if the people of this country put ANY of the current Republican clown car (especially their leader in Donald Trump) into the White House, it will be the ultrimate kneejerk!!
Single payer system may not be the best choice. Americans don’t like or want a one size fits all healthcare system like Canada has (too inflexible). France offers a better example with universal coverage plus consumer choice.
A perfect portrait of the average American conservative. No common sense, no consideration of data and evidence, only a knee jerk reaction driven by their gut driven ideology.
In the alternate universe created by Faux news, Rush Limbaugh, etc, those lies have been repeated so often, and by so many people that they are actually believing themselves now. They don’t use their brains, they know it in their gut.
This is “truthiness” — Colbert’s word, meaning that what is self evident when you use your mind is less important than what you know in your gut. You believe your gut, not your mind, because you don’t like what you know with your mind. The problem with using your gut for thinking instead of your brain is that the products of the two organs become virtually identical.
If you think “no Republican had anything to do with Obama Care,” you are decisively not the one paying attention.The plan was developed by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, and implemented by Republican Governor Mitt Romney in Massachusetts, where I live. Obama preferred single-payer, but didn’t even propose it, unfortunately. One way to do it would be to expand Medicare, in fact, which the Republicans voted down.So instead he proposed a nonprofit insurance company to cover uninsured Americans. But God forbid the free market should actually be as efficient as Republicans claimed, so they forced him to remove that from the bill.So he went to Romneycare. And after making NUMEROUS changes at the explicit requests of Republicans, they then refused to vote for it.So, no, their hands are not clean. They forced a lesser bill, and then refused to vote for it – a dishonest act by any measure.And by the way, your numbers are wrong.“According to the CDC and Census data, for the first three months of 2015 the uninsured rate is 9.2% down from 15.7% before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law.” http://obamacarefacts.com/uninsured-rates/Or if you prefer numbers not from there:
"The number of American adults without health insurance fell 16.5 million from five years ago, when Obamacare was signed into law, the largest drop in four decades, a new report says.“The report, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, says the uninsured rate is 13.2%, down from 20.3% in 2012-13.That’s a 35% decline, “quite simply an historic reduction in the uninsured rate,” said Meena Seshamani, director of the Office of Health Reform for HHS. “Today, we know that the Affordable Care Act is working. … These numbers represent real people.” – USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/16/uninsured-rates-drop-sharply-under-obamacare/24852325/And the numbers were even better if REPUBLICAN governors had not refused the Medicare expansion.Oh, yes, and average costs have fallen, and predicted costs are lower then expected.Perhaps you need to pay some attention.
Yeah, if you’re a hedge fund manager who buys an old medication and wants to gouge people for their very lives. “Death panels” were invented by our republican Senator, Johny Isakson, so doctors could actually get paid for those discussions with their own patients.
Lots of Canadians come across the border into the USA to get the care they cannot get in their own nation. I live near Detroit and this is still far too common.
The USA does have the best healthcare in the world and the prices have gone up, in great part, because of a legal system that is amok as well as the costly impact that government regulations have imposed upon the industry, particularly via Medicare/Medicaid costs.
frodo1008 over 8 years ago
Heck, if the people of this country put ANY of the current Republican clown car (especially their leader in Donald Trump) into the White House, it will be the ultrimate kneejerk!!
WestNYC Premium Member over 8 years ago
Single payer system may not be the best choice. Americans don’t like or want a one size fits all healthcare system like Canada has (too inflexible). France offers a better example with universal coverage plus consumer choice.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Pretty certain my brain stopped functioning for minutes after reading this one. :)
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member over 8 years ago
A perfect portrait of the average American conservative. No common sense, no consideration of data and evidence, only a knee jerk reaction driven by their gut driven ideology.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 8 years ago
This is “truthiness” — Colbert’s word, meaning that what is self evident when you use your mind is less important than what you know in your gut. You believe your gut, not your mind, because you don’t like what you know with your mind. The problem with using your gut for thinking instead of your brain is that the products of the two organs become virtually identical.
Motivemagus over 8 years ago
If you think “no Republican had anything to do with Obama Care,” you are decisively not the one paying attention.The plan was developed by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, and implemented by Republican Governor Mitt Romney in Massachusetts, where I live. Obama preferred single-payer, but didn’t even propose it, unfortunately. One way to do it would be to expand Medicare, in fact, which the Republicans voted down.So instead he proposed a nonprofit insurance company to cover uninsured Americans. But God forbid the free market should actually be as efficient as Republicans claimed, so they forced him to remove that from the bill.So he went to Romneycare. And after making NUMEROUS changes at the explicit requests of Republicans, they then refused to vote for it.So, no, their hands are not clean. They forced a lesser bill, and then refused to vote for it – a dishonest act by any measure.And by the way, your numbers are wrong.“According to the CDC and Census data, for the first three months of 2015 the uninsured rate is 9.2% down from 15.7% before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law.” http://obamacarefacts.com/uninsured-rates/Or if you prefer numbers not from there:
"The number of American adults without health insurance fell 16.5 million from five years ago, when Obamacare was signed into law, the largest drop in four decades, a new report says.“The report, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, says the uninsured rate is 13.2%, down from 20.3% in 2012-13.That’s a 35% decline, “quite simply an historic reduction in the uninsured rate,” said Meena Seshamani, director of the Office of Health Reform for HHS. “Today, we know that the Affordable Care Act is working. … These numbers represent real people.” – USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/16/uninsured-rates-drop-sharply-under-obamacare/24852325/And the numbers were even better if REPUBLICAN governors had not refused the Medicare expansion.Oh, yes, and average costs have fallen, and predicted costs are lower then expected.Perhaps you need to pay some attention.pam Miner over 8 years ago
I can’t believe I forgot to proof read what I wrote. Pope not vpope, and there shouldn’t be a her before he. sorry about that!
wolfhoundblues1 over 8 years ago
frame 3 is false.
kaffekup over 8 years ago
Yeah, if you’re a hedge fund manager who buys an old medication and wants to gouge people for their very lives. “Death panels” were invented by our republican Senator, Johny Isakson, so doctors could actually get paid for those discussions with their own patients.
DarkHorseSki over 8 years ago
Lots of Canadians come across the border into the USA to get the care they cannot get in their own nation. I live near Detroit and this is still far too common.
The USA does have the best healthcare in the world and the prices have gone up, in great part, because of a legal system that is amok as well as the costly impact that government regulations have imposed upon the industry, particularly via Medicare/Medicaid costs.