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Sunday, January 6, 2008

The Republican Lie on Healthcare


I just watched the Republican Presidential candidates yuck it up about the healthcare disaster in this country. There was no discussion of the marketing costs or bureaucratic excess or greed causing 47 million men, women and children from being uninsured or underinsured. Mitt Romney thinks Americans lack health insurance because of personal irresponsibility and greed.

Moderator, Charlie Gibson, asked, "Why we are the only industrialized country that does not insure all of its citizens?" The G.O.P. candidates all blurted out in unison,
"How come everybody from around the world comes here when they need medical care?"

That canard is a big stinkin' shameless LIE. I've never seen any data suggesting that foreigners are beating down the doors of our hospitals, but even if they are, it is only rich people who can afford to travel to America for medical care. (Given our increasingly inhospitable immigration policies, I doubt many sick people, even rich ones, are coming to the USA for treatment).

We need a system that protects the health of all Americans, not just wealthy ones.

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1 Comments:

  • The Problem with our Health Care System:

    Underwriters without medical knowledge, designating what physicians should procede with or not, earning as much as 50% of our insurance premiums without a license to practice medicine.

    Eliminate the underwriters, provide the consumer with a lower fee and you have the solution almost 30 million Americans are enjoying right now at 90% less than insurance costs.

    About 11 companies provide these benefits at 1980 rates without limits.

    GODSPEED

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At January 6, 2008 8:44 AM  

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