Jim Hightower: Health Care Hypocrisy

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Jim Hightower | Health Care Hypocrisy

Saturday, 19 October 2013 14:17
By Jim Hightower, Other Words | Op-Ed


And now, Dr. Hightower offers this advice for improving your mental health: Don’t fume about the GOP’s lunatic effort to kill health care reform — just laugh at their farcical show.

Take Sen. Ted Cruz’s 21-hour blabathon, in which he said he would stop the Affordable Care Act in its tracks. Not only did the Texas Republican fail spectacularly, but senators voted 100 to zero against his crazy ploy. Yes, that means even he voted against it. What a hoot he is.

And he’s a shameful hypocrite too. While going to extremes to keep millions of Americans from getting vitally needed health coverage, Cruz repeatedly refused to answer whether taxpayers covered his health care. Finally, he piously responded that he was eligible for taxpayer coverage, but had nobly declined.

Such slapstick! It turns out that Ted was fibbing, for he’s covered by his wife’s policy. As a millionaire top executive at Goldman Sachs, she and her family are given gold-plated Cadillac coverage by the Wall Street giant. Goldman pays some $40,000 a year for her and Ted’s policy — a benefit-cost that the firm passes on to us taxpayers by deducting it from its corporate tax bill. Hilarious, huh? .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19511-jim-hightower-health-care-hypocrisy

[Laelth]

1. Hilarious, indeed. (sarcasm) k&r n/t

-Laelth

[theglammistress]

2. My goodness

A $40K policy?

Glad I could help underwrite that little corporate welfare nugget.

[riderinthestorm]

3. A $40k health insurance policy isn't gold plated! Its triple platinum plus...

Breathtaking lies and hypocrisy by Ted Cruz.

The very definition of "I've got mine. Screw you"

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. She works for Goldman Sachs, eh?

Seems to me that Goldman is a lot less than 6 degrees connected to many folks in DC.

[SDjack]

5. Each night, his wife updates his instructions that will result in a fat bonus for her. nt