Republican Tries to Attack Health Care Reform

[urantivirus]

Ben "And the government obviously has to run the military"

Yeah and every other industrialized country in the world says the same about health care. American arguments over health care boggle my mind. If their system was successful, I could see where they're coming from. I know Ben agrees with me, I just thought it was funny that he had to make that argument.

[Dasconscripts]

@urantivirus fuck you didnt listen to the whole video did you.

[urantivirus]

@Dasconscripts I did, but what the fuck is your point? Don't just make blind accusations you fucking crying little shit head.

[Wilone328]

Your opinions must be shouted!! Will you believe in Obama's latest Health Care legislation?? Stop by my tube channel to learn exactly why Americans opinons means something !

[typeNtardis]

I think this interview was conducted badly. The interviewer seemed under-prepared, and shouting back and forth doesn't help anybody.

[jaroncreed]

I think you are a fool and should be arrested for treason, what do you have to say to that?

[typeNtardis]

I have to say... by looking at your subscriptions, that you are either 1) being sarcastic and it's not coming through correctly or 2) misreading me and making an ass of yourself in your reply. Either you really meant it and you're demonstrating exactly how useless a person can be in public discourse, or you didn't mean to come across like a rabid troll, but did anyway.

[ruiqi120]

I am soooooo glad I live in Canada...where a ban on public healthcare option is a ridiculous idea!

[urantivirus]

@ruiqi120 Me too! But the same could be said about every other industrialized country in the world, except America.

[BobChaos23]

I love the crap about people "not wanting" insurance...its like the idiots who think homeless people "want" to be homeless; for every person that reasoning applies to, there are a thousand normal people who just need help.

[kazooga1234]

i dont care what he did for the country caz its shit i wish he died caz then he wouldnt be spreading lies trying to help people who need it

[kazooga1234]

hes leaving out the mass rule also and that is if u dont have health insurance then there is a 75 dollar fine and some people find it cheaper then paying for accual health insurance its like wtf

[kazooga1234]

i have an idea its jorys idea lets privetise the fire department lofl thats what that guy basically said

[devourerofbabies]

Why does nobody ever mention the fact that industries that face an inelastic demand curve don't function efficiently in free markets?

[weslenforever]

It's a LIE that if you can't afford health insurance you can get Medicaid and they KNOW IT. THEY changed the RULES in 1996 to where eligibility is greatly reduced, they put caps on the amount of TIME a person can get Medicaid, they took it away completely from all adults between 21 and 65 if they don't have school age children in the home. States put a FREEZE on it to cut the number of NEW people getting on it regardless of circumstances. Income limits are encredibly LOW.

THEY LIE!

[asalade]

Maybe that's because its unaffordable? "Free" healthcare will bankrupt the US just like it will eventually bankrupt (and morally corrupt) any nation

[weslenforever]

If you're so worried about "bankrupting" the country then why are you NOT complaining about the fact we throw away more than 2 1/2 TIMES what health care cost s on KILLING people? The BOOGIE MAN'S IN YOUR MIRROR! No need to spend trillions to continue searching for him and killing millions along the way!

It's OKAY to KILL but not to HEAL!

That's the Republican MOTTO!

I don't give a DAMN about some CEOs profit margin. I'm not in ANY of their WILLS.

[asalade]

How do you know I'm not complaining about that

[kazooga1234]

thats not true about the unaffordable part it wouldnt bankrupt US pointless war will put the US in debt but look at other countries that have some sort of universal healthcare they can afford it and they pay less for the health care and it wont corrupt the nation if anything it will make the nation better and maybe get others to help eachother out more u r an idiot we can figureout how to get money for the healthcare if we can find the money for wars and if u want to keep the insurance u can

[kazooga1234]

u left out the fact that the republicans r accually the death panels and they r trying to say the democrats r when they r trying to help people

[blackman4544]

Good point.

[Tacomagrrl]

Why is it that when people talk about public healthcare in this country they only think about medicare/medicade? People seem to forget about Indian Health, Tricare, Veterans Health Admin, State Children's health insurance progam/California's healthy families, and Federal employees health benefits. These are all programs that work in the US and can be used to model a public option.

[jbreezfromdallas]

He is SOOOOO right with telling about the military. I felt his pain.....lol. I was in the Marines myself and my final exam/physical consists of me getting asked questions and bloodwork. Nothing else.....LOL. It's sad.

I get out and now i find out that i have issues with my liver.....that means the marines ONLY tested for HIV and left it at that.

[uoftron]

I'm on Ben and TYT's song, but the education system is a bust. I'm Canadian and I've taught English in Korea, and I think those education systems are busts, too. So the US system surely follows suit. And oh man, did you just cite the US's elite universities as proof that they do it well? That's just like saying that US healthcare is great because it is the best for the very rich! And there are many people who cannot afford even the cheaper state options!

[uoftron]

* I meant Ben and TYT's side, not song...

[uoftron]

And oh man, how did I forget to mention that most of the elite schools are PRIVATE!

As I said, I stand with TYT and Ben in supporting a strong public option for Americans. But citing education as something the government does well - and the way it was argued - did not serve Ben's point at all. Ben seems like a stand-up guy who would readily admit it. And that's good, because the argument has no legs at all.

[Grimeyhoob]

Americans are inherently a selfish people thats why these rich bastards are not willing to pay a little more tax to ensure that the poor people in USA can afford healthcare. Thats not communism in Europe, its a system that works to make sure everyone receives at least a minimal level of health care and other social benefits regardless of income bracket.

Republicans are just a bunch of assholes who only care about the rich in USA and market that as patriotism to a bunch of idiots. Peace

[numbergirl7]

why does tyt bring these dumb republicans on the show?

[flumplestiltskin]

i live in britain and like everyone else i baulk every month when i see the tax taken fom me on my payslip , but i do not begrudge my nationiol insurance contributions , i know the good that payment does for the rest of society and it feels good knowing that if i was in trouble my fellow citizens would take care of me. health care is a right and should be the one thing most definately not left to the 'free market'.

[flumplestiltskin]

Republicans should be forcibly taken to where people with no healthcare are suffering , where is the empathy today ? .

[studape]

If these Republican con artists get their way everyone should flood emergency rooms and bring this sucker down!

[Screenplaya]

As a Canadian, I obviously have better health care than most Americans, but I would love to see a real debate on this subject. The Pubs have to do a couple of things first: admit the current system needs reform, and offer at least one option. This BS about shouting people down, showing up armed, etc. is insanity that can only happen in America.

[nicholas9999]

So, a public option would put price pressure on the big insurance companies. Big Pharma has agreed to jump on the bandwagon because they're scared shitless that Congress will pass a bill that would allow an American system (like a Canadian system) to negotiate with them. TYT has put this guy on because he is so weak and dumb that they can look brilliant, but I think (unfortunately) that it has backfired. He's just too dumb, lol. A high school debater could have whipped this guy's ass.

[rogertheedodger]

Scott Wheeler, what an asshole.

[johnedwards1968]

Why can't any of these "conservatives" afford health insurance?

[banonKING]

I hate these conservatives.

[ComanderLock]

"Those horror stories are just not true"

What a fucking prick.

[DrQuijano]

Out of all the weak arguments that retard Scott made the one that jumped out the most was: How the hell are we ranked 450th out of 182?

Finally, funny how he's all "I don't have healthcare and I don't want it".

[Shisho2k]

Scott Wheeler sounds as slow as the points he's making.

[pongman]

I guess the free market solution to this guy would be to kill the forty million people who don't have healthcare and then we wouldn't have forty million people without healthcare. However with the free market solution there would be another forty million people without healthcare because as the cost goes up so do the number of uninsured go up. I think I solved the answer to global warming! Let the insurance companies decide who gets healthcare. The best way to deplete the population.

[TheGiantRobot]

When conservatives bring up that the government doesn't do anything well, that can't really be argued and isn't the point. The point is how do they compare to the private sector.

We've seen what private military costs us economically, politically, and in humanitarian costs.

We've seen corporate cops, like the BART police who shot dead a man pinned to the floor.

Our fire departments operate exceptionally well in putting out fires and paramedical aid.

[TheGiantRobot]

I don't know who to compare to fire departments and I think the fact is, we wouldn't want to risk that enterprise to a free market - because our lives and property are on the line.

And right to the point, Medicaid is at least as cost effective if not far more so than private insurance, even though they get the customers who private insurance companies dump because you can't make money on them.

[asalade]

You seriously want to put your life and property into the hands of government? I gues you don't put any meaning into the phrase "all politicians are crooks"

[TheGiantRobot]

Did you miss my point entirely?

[almandeto]

and you seriously want to put your life and property into the hands of corporations? I guess you don't put any meaning into the duty of corporations with stockholders to pursue the most possible profit.

I think it's obvious to most that the US has a history of corporations doing it (first) with little regard to ethics.

[remember11220]

i guess ur baked out of ur mind

right now:

45 million uninsured

after public option:

0 uninsured

thats the bottom line

[mert828]

But the fire department did used to be private. If you didn't pay a monthly fee to one fire service or another, they let your house burn.

[TheGiantRobot]

Yeah, and we decided, that's a little too barbaric and costly to everyone. I hope one day our current system of medical care looks as barbaric.

[asalade]

Now we decided that if you dont pay your montly fee we throw you in jail and if you run we shoot you. Yes that's way less barbaric

[TheGiantRobot]

Huh?

[smdiddy]

I dont choose to have insurance? Fuck off!

[unabomberman]

Okay, can states get in the way of HMOs dropping you or not? 'Cause that's what that dude is saying. That by state mandate you cannot be dropped.

So, anyone care to ellucidate? Is he spewing bullshit or not?

[alejbr4]

40 million ppl chose to not have healthcare...that's teh dumbest statement i've ever heard in my life!

[Xenite227]

I dare this guy to find an insurance company that would cover me. Four herniated disks, spinal stenosis and nerve damage from an accident.

I gurantee nobody would cover me unless the premiums were well over $1,000 a month.

[asalade]

Of course nobody would cover you; they would be mad. Insurance is profit business and there is no profit in someone like you. If you wanted to be insured for your medical costs you should have taken the right kind of insurance before you got into an accident. Don't make other people pay for your misfortune afterwards.

[ecwaufisxtreme]

Scott Wheeler is Sarah Palin's DICKLESS and BALLESS BITCH and PUSSY! Palin is a SUPERIOR politician and SarahPAC is THE STRONGEST, LARGEST and MOST PROMINENT PAC in the COUNTRY! Palin is MORE MAN than Wheeler for Scott wears the skirt in his family while his wife wears the pants!

[moestietabarnak]

You know why government isn't efficient ? government is evil ? Because the republican does everything in their power to make it that way when they in power..

If you elect people to want the government to fail, don't be surprise when it does fail ..

[DarkStar109]

Ignorant dumbass peice of horseshit

[ianmilstead]

Medicare is a PUBLIC OPTION and it is run by the evil government oooh!!!. No one is forced into it. If it was so bad why wouldn't every republican senior go private?

If they did then I might listen to them

[DarkStar109]

who said medicare is the problem? Tired of this fucking stupidity its unacceptable

[ianmilstead]

Scott Wheeler gave Medicare as an example of a poorly run government program. My point is that Medicare is an option for seniors and it provides some insight as to how a public option might turn out. Sure its not perfect, but if it is too expensive or grossly inefficient then seniors are free to buy from the private sector.

If you think that the US would be better off without Medicare then try running for office under that banner.

[jantzen212003]

Medicare = an option! U r correct unlike the guy in the interview who stated how srs are automatically enrolled in it! More bogus BS!

[Joxman2k]

Scott Wheeler is an excellent example of the failed education system

ZING!!!

:P

[Xenite227]

This tool is the perfect example of a republican. Create scary scenarios that would never happen, lie out your ass, then provide no real ideas or solutions.

Not suprising since republican senators and congressmen have already taken 120 million this year from big pharma/health care.

[HomoCyborgZombie]

Well he sounds like a douche.

[EvolvedOutlaw]

this scott wheeler dude is a fucking retard.

[EziekielNightwind]

Single payer is the only way. Health Insurance companies are the true death panels.

Judging you're worth based on how much you can pay, then not helping you when you need it.

[Joxman2k]

Exactly!

They cry "government bureaucracy" getting in the way of your doctor and you, when Insurance company's have to ok if a procedure is done, and THEY make up the rules and premiums. At least with the EVIL GOVERNMENT, that was elected, everybody knows the rules.

[3star2nr]

"most of the stories about people being dropped from their health insurance is not true"

Orry

seriously how the fuck does anyone even take a republican seriously when they are so ignorant of basic facts and out of touch with reality Its like they live on a different planent or something

Insurance companies have made a 400% increase in profits over the ;ast 8 years. And this clown really think the execs dont want that to continue? and that costs wont continue to rise?

seriously hes that dumb

[TheObnubilators]

this guy's relate to Herman Mankiewicz, the guy who wrote Citizen Kane, and It's a Wonderful Life

[3star2nr]

Yeah but idiot Private insurance doesnt do SHIT. all they do is pay the bill thats their only purpose they are not needed what so ever.

single payer is a far better systems