HEALTHCARE REFORM UPDATE FROM THE UNITED STATES OF BATSHIT
ITEM [via dinopollard ]: Rep. Michele Bachmann warns America that the Obamacare plan could include a provision in which if you criticize it, you’ll end up on a blacklist that will deny you treatment - just like they do in Japan.
Her source: some random guy she just happened to meet.
"He said that in Japan, to wait and get health care is almost impossible. You get on a list and you wait and you wait and you wait. But he said this is something people don't know: in Japan, people have stopped voicing their opinion on health care. There are things that are wrong with Japanese health care, but people are afraid of voicing. 'Well why is that,' I asked. [He said], 'Because they know that would get on a list and they wouldn't get health care. They wouldn't get in. They wouldn't get seen. And so people are afraid. They're afraid to speak back to government. They're afraid to say anything.' Is that what we want for our future? That takes us to gangster government at that point!"
Video is here if you want it.
And so much for bipartisanship.
FUN FACT: Most hospitals and doctor’s offices in Japan are privately run, not govt-owned, though the govt regulates costs heavily to keep them affordable. Health insurance is mandatory, but private insurance remains an option. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s not exactly the “govt takeover of healthcare” Bachmann says it is.
That said, she’s never actually been to Japan, so what the hell do I know?
Making a list,
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Her source: some random guy she just happened to meet.
"He said that in Japan, to wait and get health care is almost impossible. You get on a list and you wait and you wait and you wait. But he said this is something people don't know: in Japan, people have stopped voicing their opinion on health care. There are things that are wrong with Japanese health care, but people are afraid of voicing. 'Well why is that,' I asked. [He said], 'Because they know that would get on a list and they wouldn't get health care. They wouldn't get in. They wouldn't get seen. And so people are afraid. They're afraid to speak back to government. They're afraid to say anything.' Is that what we want for our future? That takes us to gangster government at that point!"
Video is here if you want it.
And so much for bipartisanship.
FUN FACT: Most hospitals and doctor’s offices in Japan are privately run, not govt-owned, though the govt regulates costs heavily to keep them affordable. Health insurance is mandatory, but private insurance remains an option. It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s not exactly the “govt takeover of healthcare” Bachmann says it is.
That said, she’s never actually been to Japan, so what the hell do I know?
Making a list,
This is dF