Rachel Maddow Calls the Bluff of the Repiglickins on Health Care Reform

(Via Heather, http://crooksandliars.com ) Rachel Maddow talks to Rep. Anthony Weiner, who threw down the gauntlet on health care reform, and forced the Republicans to vote on an amendment abolishing Medicare.

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[im4wur]

Medicare operates to care for people, while the health industry is in business to make money for it's investors (and as you said pay for the exorbitant management fees). Two different goals, two different results. That shouldn't be a surprise to people.

Further, it occurs to me that the very "Representatives" standing in the way of a single payer health care system for the rest of us, are themselves enjoying the benefits of "government run health care".

[lynchmobb2000]

@im4wur

If Medicare is any example, and I think it is, then Medicare's 3-5% overheard is all we need to know. Private Insurers have overhead anywhere from 25%-35% because they have to pay their CEO's 8 figure bonuses.

Cheers

[blueboyblue]

Excuse me, don't Congress have government funded health care? And isn't it a pretty premium, personal physicial on call 24hr a day, government health care?

Maybe we should move Congress off onto a typical HMO, and let them struggle along with the rest of us?

As long as Congress views themselves as the Aristocracy, and the reset of us as the commoners, they will never act in our best interest.

[lorezapocalypse]

@etbitmydogucf We are the richest country in the world

of course we can pay for most anything we want.

I mean we put a man on the moon...

I was reading about this study that found that there is a direct

correlation between cultural homogeneity of a country

and the size and effectiveness of their safety net.

It turns out that the more culturally diverse your country is

the more people oppose government benefits, so I think

a lot of conservative opposition to government programs is more like that

[Zohogan]

why does money stop people from helping people. Wow. Paper has that much influance? I feel sorry for the human race.

[etbitmydogucf]

I hate these one sided discussions. Maddows is a great reporter and I like many of her points but in no way is there an unbiased view here.

Many conservatives aren't even thinking about corporate interest. Their main goal is simply the fact that we can't pay for these programs and sustain them. Politicians on the other hand will sustain programs like medicare for political gain even if it kills the economy.

[im4wur]

I think continuing with the present system will lead to what you describe and worse. - That's why we need significant health care reform.

It's time to become a first world country again.

[scbluesman13]

This health care system will suffer the same fate 15 years from now as the middle class suffered under the Reagan/Bush era. It will become vivisected. You'll also see a higher number of families go bankrupt due to expensive life saving procedures which required going chapter 7 to pay for.

[im4wur]

Quite.

[Roonskii]

For reference I will use it in a sentence.

Shit has trickled down the leash for the past thirty years. lol

[im4wur]

tinkle down?

[Roonskii]

Retaining this tax payer lost cost from the returning military that have served in raq' may save 1.5 trillion. This money would serve much better purposes prolonging war and beefing up non taxed dollar agendas in Saudi Arabia and the Cayman Islands. Eventually we will all get a piece of the profit trickled down.