McCain confronted: Why don’t I have the health insurance you’ve got!

[babylonsister]

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/27/mccain-health-insurance/


Town Hall Attendee Confronts McCain: ‘Why Don’t I Have The Health Insurance You’ve Got!’


Over this past month, it has become a customary sight at town halls across the country to witness angry protesters mouthing right-wing talking points against health reform. But yesterday, in a town hall forum in Phoenix, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was confronted by an attendee who voiced passionate anger in support of health reform:

Why don’t I have the health insurance you’ve got! Because I’m paying for it! And I’m paying for the President of the United States’ health insurance and Congress’ health insurance. Why don’t I have that! I’m your employer! I’m your employer! You work for me, and you’ve got a better health insurance plan than I’ve got!

McCain responded, “You’re exactly right. That’s why I want to make health care insurance available and affordable to you sir.”

Federal employees have excellent health care because they are provided an array of affordable choices. Obama is pushing to expand choice for all Americans by creating a national health insurance exchange — modeled on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program — “where Americans can one-stop shop for a health care plan, compare benefits and prices, and choose the plan that’s best for them, in the same way that Members of Congress and their families can.”

“One of these options,” Obama said, “needs to be a public option. It will give people a broader range of choices and inject competition into the health care market so that we can force waste out of the system and keep the insurance companies honest.” But McCain adamantly opposes the public option.

Last night, McCain told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that America just “is not ready” for quality “government-run health care.”

[Cant trust em]

1. John McCain is not trying to deliver health insurance for that man. nt

[babylonsister]

3. And that man knew it. nt

[Skink]

2. Jessie Ventura was right on again.

[DirtyJersey]

18. What did Ventura say?

[FarLeftFist]

4. SAYING AND DOING ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS MR. McCAIN...

We the People had enough of the republicants SAYING, so US on the left will be DOING.

[Enrique]

5. Fred sounds like George Bailey yelling at Mr. Potter

he should have ended by saying "and that goes for you too!"

[ScottLand]

16. You nailed that one!

I think this is the same situation too.

[Politicalboi]

6. Magoo was probably laughing

At the thought that he works for us. I hope he gets the ax in 2010.

[ingac70]

7. McCain has suckled from the government teat his entire life. n/t

[formercia]

8. "America just “is not ready”"

because, if we had single-payer health insurance and suddenly realize how we've been ripped-off all these years, there would be hell to pay.

[Quasimodem]

9. As a matter of interest:

Thirty-two of the thirty-three developed nations of the world have managed to prepare themselves for universal health care:

Norway was ready for universal health care in 1912, and New Zealand could manage a universal health care plan in 1938, Japan – believe it or not – in 1938, and Germany in 1941. Belgium was ready in 1945, the United Kingdom in 1948, Kuwait in 1950, Sweden in 1955, Bahrain in 1957, Brunei in 1958, and Canada in 1966.

The Netherlands, also, was prepared for universal health care by 1966, Austria by 1967, the United Arab Emirates by 1971, Finland by 1972, Slovenia by 1972, Denmark by 1973, Luxembourg by 1973, France by 1974, and Australia by 1975.

Ireland took it in their stride by 1977, Italy managed the feat in 1978, Portugal was up to the task by 1979, Cyprus got it together in 1980, Greece in 1983, Spain in 1986, and even South Korea could handle universal health care by 1988.

Iceland found it doable in 1990, Hong Kong in 1993, even Singapore was able to get it done in 1993, Switzerland, no doubt because of all that money sitting around in banks, took until 1994, and in spite of all that American military aid it was accepting, Israel conquered the universal health care obstacles in 1995.

All of these countries have chosen their own mix from many different types of universal health care.

Some went with single-payer health insurance, like the primary systems of health care funding used in Canada and the United Kingdom, some use multi payer systems, such as that used in France and Germany, but like Canada and the United Kingdom, health care in both of these countries is primarily financed by publicly controlled insurers.

Other universal health care systems vary according to how much the government involves itself in providing care, ranging from nationalized health care systems (such as the U.K. and Sweden) to decentralized private or nonprofit institutions (as in Germany and France).

Universal health care does not only mean the government provides health care, as many countries implementing a universal health care plan continue to have both public and private insurance and medical providers.

Even a considerable number of developing countries have completed the introduction of a universal health care system to their people, and yet, Senator McCain is forced to admit that the United States of America, the country which likes to posture as the leader of the free world, is not prepared for universal health care.

I didn't hear, but did Senator McCain give any reason for this unconscionable retardation?

[Cha]

10. Can you imagine that old coot who lives in the last century,

and his sidekick,"glen bech does an amazing job",palin running the country?

That's what the corporatemediawhores wanted for us.

[vaberella]

11. I want to see the video where McCain tells the lady to be removed.n/t

[Libertas1776]

12. I wish

we could multiply that guy by a thousand.

[polly7]

13. I honestly don't get where he's coming from.

You have the population pool, the equipment, facilities, medical professionals already. Does he give his reasoning anywhere?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

14. To Borrow A Phrase..........

To borrow a phrase I keep hearing Republicans repeat after some mouth-breather spews hatred and nonsense........

This guy REALLY IS a great American!!!

[thelordofhell]

15. McCain has "health insurance"???

Fuck him, he has FREE HEALTH CARE! He has never had to pay an insurance premium in his ENTIRE LIFE! If he had to get actual private insurance, he would never qualify because of his health history.

[ScottLand]

17. McCain should ditch his insurance and go with private

insurance. Put his money where his mouth is.

[Uncle Joe]

19. The reason you don't have health insurance like the Congress or President is because the for profit

"health" insurance corporations have bribed much of the Congress and the corporate media in to not letting such a thing happen, that's why universal single payer coverage for every American from the cradle to the grave was never given it's due.

"Health" insurance is a legalized scam siphoning the American Peoples' precious health care dollars away from actual health care just to line the pockets of gamblers on Wall Street, exorbitant CEO/executive pay and bonuses, mega-bucks for the corporate media to run their commercials and lobby/bribe money to convince the Congress to betray the American Peoples' best interests.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[moonbatmax]

20. K&R! That guy is great! [nt]