Rep. Anthony Weiner Issues an Impossible Challenge on Health Care

REP. ANTHONY WEINER: Name a single thing a private insurance company does to make anyone healthier, to save anyone money. Health insurance companies operate like they're supposed to. They're businesses. They operate to make profits. How do you make profits? By giving away as little, and collecting as much. It's the opposite of the imperative that we have as the representatives of the people.

But this is so utterly predictable because you didn't vote for Medicare. Your party didn't vote for Social Security. You had control of the House, the Senate, the Judiciary, the presidency for eight years and you didn't do anything.

No, I shouldn't say that. You passed Medicare Part D, which said, let's see if we give them enough money if they'll do the right thing. Donut hole, anyone?

You know, this is like Jabberwocky, which was the language spoken in Alice in Wonderland, isn't that right Mrs. Baldwin? Through the Looking Glass. You know, if you say these words enough, sooner or later they take on a little life of their own. Well, you can feel free to do that, but the American people know you're standing in defense of a system that everyone knows is broken, everyone knows is too expensive, everyone knows doesn't work, and we were elected to change that.

Can't name a single thing ourselves at
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[librophile]

REPUBLICANS opposed a Government-run PUBLIC HEALTH CARE. They said that it wouldnt work.

Democrat ANTHONY WEINER (NY) took the Republicans at their words & introduced a bill to dismantle MEDICARE & VA Government-run PUBLIC HEALTH CARE plans.

He DOUBLE DARED all Republicans to VOTE YES on his bill & prove to the AMERICAN PEOPLE that they truly believe---that Government-run PUBLIC HEALTH CARE plans dont work

IT WAS PUT UP or SHUT TF UP !!

NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED YES ON THAT BILL

[xyrxes1]

Ok you're American and live in that system of healthcare. I'm Canadian and live in mine. Can you please explain to me what coverage or treatments my system denies me? since you're obviously an expert on the subject of our system and i'm just a Canadian citizen who has used this system my whole life, what do I know? as far as pills go it shows your misinformation objective. Healthcare does not give out free pills. Our employer coverage subsidizes those. So start your research and disprove me.

[ThePelicans44]

librophile is conveniently wording and purposely misleading people like Anthony Weiner does. It's smart but deceptive. Classic manipulation by weiner and the democrats.

[ZachCraft]

@BrcCmplfan

He didn't even fuck up badly, it's just that shit gets blown WAY out of proportion in the news.

[1dschamp]

@Mezey5 perhaps you can explain these incentives for all of us, rather than making random no nothing statements you obtained from Republican part propaganda machines.

[PInk77W1]

UNDERWEAR MODEL. STALKER

[Mezey5]

this guy really underestimates the power of Incentives, that is his biggest problem