I may have linked this before, but it bears reposting. Check out this special: Sick Around the World to see how five democracies handle health care and what we can learn from them.
Paul Krugman argues that our current reform plans models the Swiss system best.
Which is odd, given all the GOP carping and lying about the British and Canadian models.
Just a reminder that there are a few dozen a-holes running loose in America that illegally killed almost 5,000 American troops as well as a thousand or so “willing” foreign soldiers, a few hundred thousand Iraqis, and wasted trillions of dollars for a war we didn’t need to fight.
Folks, the Reich Wing has come to Vegas.
Here’s the video to the event:
Basically, since John Ensign is hiding from the public and Harry Reid doesn’t have a spine – and Lord knows what our Reps are doing – we haven’t had any of the town hall bullshit here. At least until a local racist radio shitheel decided to hold one – in a country/western dance hall.
No, I’m not kidding.
While there, a proper Rethug begins launching into Hilter chants while trying to shout down a Jewish man speaking.
That, in a nutshell, is the Republican Party folks. When something doesn’t go their way, call everyone a commie, bring out the Nazism, and kick in the racial slur machine. Add a dose of angry religion even Jesus wouldn’t recognize as anything he’d ever said and turn the volume up to 11.
Somehow this works. I don’t know why. You’d think people would raise their children to learn that throwing a tantrum is not adult behavior. You’d think people would raise their kids to not be bigoted jerks either. Then again, I guess you’d call those folks anything but Republican.
UPDATE: According to DailyKos, the lady is ironically wearing an Israeli Defense Forces t-shirt. So much for that pro-Israel policy. Or as the posting goes:
Apparently the wingnut love affair with Israel goes only as far as getting Israelis killed in the race to the Rapture.
When an Israeli wants to talk about health care, it’s right back to “Heil Hitler.”
….Now, why does an American wingnut wear an IDF t-shirt to a health care event? To prove wingnut bona fides, of course. But… first thing out of her mouth when she meets a real Israeli? “Heil Hitler!”
A Jew disagrees with her. The mask comes off.
“In their gut, they saw the US as a white-skinned, right-wing nation forever shaped like Sarah Palin. When this image was repudiated by a majority of Americans in a massive landslide, it simply didn’t compute.”
Somebody needed to point out the obvious.
Also from Reddit:
Why is it that peaceful RNC protesters are rounded up/arrested by SWAT teams, but the anti-health care protesters (a self described ‘angry mob’) are looked upon as simply Americans asserting their rights? even when armed at public meetings?
“Ridge…was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush’s re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.”
This is EXACTLY why Republicans lying like snakes when it comes to being patriotic Americans.
A TRUE patriot would NEVER have allowed politics to trump national security. A TRUE patriot would save his politics for his one vote and not use it to help rig an election to keep a warmonger in power.
Way to be a patriot Ridge. Too bad you’re FIVE YEARS TOO LATE!
Here’s an interesting take, and only if you take the time to read/listen to it. In short, our current system pushes us to spend tons of money on end-of-life health care. According to this interview, think of how much we could save if we just stopped and asked the elderly patients what they thought of how their treatment should be.
And yes, this involves discussing living wills in advance.
The editorial in question is here.
The article by Atul Gawande can be found here, as well as a follow-up companion piece.
Here’s an interesting take, and only if you take the time to read/listen to it. In short, our current system pushes us to spend tons of money on end-of-life health care. According to this interview, think of how much we could save if we just stopped and asked the elderly patients what they thought of how their treatment should be.
And yes, this involves discussing living wills in advance.
The editorial in question is here.
The article by Atul Gawande can be found here, as well as a follow-up companion piece.
Random thought from Reddit:
By denying the poorest Americans affordable Healthcare, the Republicans have become the Death Panel they vehemently admonish.
– submitted by Yeeaaaarrrgh