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When a congressman tells you why they can't fix health care & you know he's right. Shouldn't you listen & do something?
Lindsey Graham for all his faults sometimes tells the truth. Obamacare is a failure and republicans can't pass anything that is better for the same reason. They are owned by the same donors and lobbyist surrounding D.C. The Medical Industrial Complex of pharma, hosp.,and insurance who fund their campaign contributions.
Would what he suggest as a solution be a good one or not ?
So here in one minuet is what his idea is : (Notice the question at the end by the pundit)
Yes, some people will feel better about not having healthcare when their States are the entity refusing to pay for anything considered 'routine' or 'preventative' or 'health maintaining'. Republicans want Americans to have health insurance. Americans need healthcare. Obamacare is healthcare and if its a failure, then that is due mainly to Republican obstruction during the crafting phase which nibbled and hobbled and cobbled what was actually the best way to deliver healthcare in a Capitalist Democracy, into... something less than that. But people like it. When a camera is in their face they will tell you how horrible Obamacare, is but they are NOT complaining that their mammograms, Pap smears, EKG's, ECG's, colonoscopies, Lipid Panels and various and sundry other healthcare tests and procedures are all covered 75% or more!
Try to take that all back now. Oh, wait, that's what Republicans have been trying to do for the last six months. And it's going so well, isn't it. Graham's idea will not work. The only individual in Congress right now who has a clue on this is Bernie Sanders. Graham wants the dealers that sell Lamborghini sportscars to control the pricing and financing of the automobiles, Obama wants the Federal Govt. to step in where necessary to allow Lamborghini ownership by those who need personal transportation. Neither is viable. Lambo's are p*ss p**r personal transportaion. Balky and temperamental, and the performance is jaw dropping, but so is the price, and the thirst for 104 octane super unleaded. Sanders wants Lambo's out of consideration altogether, those who want them and can afford them can have them, but Prius models will be evaluated and will compete with similar offerings by other automakers and made available at FAIR prices to Americans.
In addition, cities will be mandated to develop extensive Mass Transit options for those who cannot afford personal vehicles. Safe, efficient and reliable mass transit systems that will be at least 50%, if not 100%(!) cost free. What? Being a First World country means being able to do stuff like that. America is the only 'First World Country' that earned the distinction simply by being able to destroy the planet with the push of a button. Other countries bearing the designation actually DO stuff for their citizens. Like give them high quality mass transit, healthcare and as clean an environment as can be had when Third World economies like Asia, Africa and the U.S. are mucking things up with the waste products of their inefficient and chaotic regimes.
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