Right wing caller to Thom Hartmann: We have the best health care system in the world........

[marmar]

BLAH BLAH BLAH

(Hartmann points out statistical and anecdotal evidence to prove him wrong)

BLAH BLAH BLAH....Best in the world. Best in the world. Private insurers will die with a public option.

(Hartmann: If the public option is going to be so good that it puts them out of business, what's wrong with that?)

BLAH BLAH BLAH. When you start covering the whole population, bad things will happen.


Reminds me of this Morpheus quote from "The Matrix": "The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."

[fascisthunter]

1. the caller is invested in the scamming of Americans

people like him are why folks are dying from lack of a proper healthcare system.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. It simply isn't true. Most of the civilized world has better heath care

better in every measurable way. To say otherwise is naive and/or stupid.

Who gives a shit if the private insurers go out of business? You think they give a shit
about what happens to us?

[Wapsie B]

3. What bad things have happened in other countries?

:shrug:


Somehow the rest of the world gets along just fine.

[tsuki]

4. I liked the dingbat on Medicare and Medicaid crying for the

insurance companies.

[Vidar]

5. Standard argument for those who have never been beyond our borders.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. Hannity listener, most likely. The dumbest of the dumb.

Hannity says day after day after frigging day "We have the best health care system in the world." Since he is very wealthy, it probably is - FOR HIM.

[roody]

7. Must have been a senator or congressperson.

Every time they say something like that, we must say, "Yes, you have it. The rest of the country wants it too."

[Imalittleteapot]

8. It is the best unless you need it.

Ask anyone who has had surgery or a trip to the ER. You can go broke on the out-of-pocket expenses, even after you pay a huge deductible.

[Orsino]

9. He is probably doing it for free, like the sheeple Morpheus mentioned.

He's either bought into the right-wing fear and contempt for the poor, or he's so beaten down by the system that he's afraid of any change.