Did you see the Daily show Health Care Segment? If not watch it on my site.
Covering the news in a satirical manner is what the Daily Show does best. Check the video on the right, in 7 minutes its sums up the Health Care reform debate so well, watch it for yourself. (video is licensed by my site not pirated with a link)
Want free health care? 7 tricks to free health care
Getting free health care as an American is simple here are seven ways.
- Go to war as a US Army soldier, regular Army only no called up reservists need apply, and nearly die in combat
- Got to war with the US and loose quickly, pentagon will be glad to win the hearts and minds with free health care for all.
- Get sent to prison
- Become so poor that you qualify for Medicaid
- Become so old that you qualify for Medicare
- Start an insurgency in say Venezuela or Columbia, but not Ohio and the Special Force will provide Medics for your cause
- Call your congressman and tell him that he needs to support a public option for Health Care
Of course in reality none of these options are free, but in retrospect option seven seems far simpler then any of the others. Would it be free, no not for all it would have a means test. (like social security should) What does a public option mean to the average joe, joe sixpack, joe wallstreet, joe mama, or homeless joe, its means the same thing in reality however the perceptions of what it means are divergent for example.
Reality for Average Joe, he would have no worries about pre-existing conditions, and his coverage would be the same as he has now. Same doctors, same costs no difference.
Perception for Average Joe, some communist would tell him that he can’t do this or that and make him donate his kids for medical reasearch.
Reality for Joe Sixpack, he would never get another collection notice because his health insurance from work didn’t pay the doctor or lab for the pre-approved physical he had for his CDL.
Perception for Joe Sixpack, as a registered republican his dna would be held in a data collection bank, and he would be forced to donate orgins to democrats whenever they call.
Reality for Joe Wallstreet, his $1500 per day supplemental plan (pays cash to JW if he misses work) would be taxable. He may loose some M&A business due to the falling profits of his Health Insurance Company Clients. (or perhaps make more)????
Perception for Joe Wallstreet, matches the reality that’s why he’s donating to every single anti-public option group that he can find. After all its his money why should some doctor or hospital get it for delivering quality health care?
Reality for Joe Mama, Mama has Medicare already and believe it or not its a public run health-care system with private company names the plans are all regulated down to the last benefit. All the insurance companies do is skim a little off the top and forward the bills if they remember , to Medicare for Reimbursement from Uncle Sam. Kind of like Don Corleone in the Godfather, and I am paraphrasing this, ” I just want to get my beak wet” or was that Tony Soprano?
Perception for Joe Mama, A man from the government is going to tell her how to die, when to die and oh by the way he is at the door now!
Reality for Homeless Joe, he doesn’t have an address, can’t vote and is sick. He went to a hospital and they called the police on him for tresspassing, so now he has health care because he exercised option 3.
Perception for Homeless Joe, getting arrested is his best chance to survive the TB he contracted as a homeless man after the dot com he founded collapsed in 1999.
Want free Health care? I don’t I am willing to pay for a system that is fair and equitable, a system like the one we all pay for, you know the one the pentagon runs in the dozen or so countries that we have invaded in the past 10 years, but without the car bombs please.
Bill Gardner (reformed enforcer for the Insurance Dons)
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