A "funny" email bashing the President's Healthcare, and my TRUTHINESS reply:

[FirstLight]

I can't believe that this was sent to me by a fellow democrat liberal who has always been a huge proponent of President Obama. Maybe the meme about "killing old people" got her, since she ius caretaking BOTH her elderly parents and has had issues with Medicaid...but STILL!

here's the email:

TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER HAS CHANGED TO OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN:

(10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.
(9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you enter the trailer park."
(8) The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.
(7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.
(6) The only item listed under Preventative Care Coverage is "an apple a day."
(5) Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.
(4) "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges," is not a typographical error.
(3) The only expense covered 100% is…. "Embalming."
(2) Your Prozac comes in different colors with little M's on them.

AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU'VE JOINED
OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN:

(1) You ask for Viagra, and they give you a Popsicle stick and duct tape

....and my reply, as short and simple as it is:

Funny, but categorically UNTRUE...please remind everyone that the devolving of healthcre is aleady happening and will continue to do so under the CORPORATE Health and Pharmaceutical companies...NOT under the proposed President's Plan.

This reform is WHY we elected him, it may not be pretty or perfect, but it is a step in taking BACK our control in many ways from the Corporations that run this country on so many levels. Please help Stop the Smears and attacks...or we won't get anywhere near the change we SAID we needed!
fight back with the TRUTH!
thanks :)


(I wish I could be more bold or agressive and give more details , but today I just can't do it...)

[FirstLight]

1. kickety

...since i can't rec my own! ;)

[Bill McBlueState]

2. or something like this

TOP TEN INDICATORS THAT YOUR EMPLOYER HAS THE SAME OLD PLAN THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD:
(10) It's
(9) really
(8) fucking
(7) expensive
(6) and
(5) doesn't
(4) cover
(3) much
(2) of
(1) anything!

[FirstLight]

3. BEAUTIFUL!

:applause:

can I use that one? I love it!

[Bill McBlueState]

5. sure

All these people who are so opposed to health care reform need to explain to us: "What exactly is it about the current system that you're defending?"

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Five ways of telling you've got a private health insurance plan:

Your deductible is now more than the price of a new car. The cap on your 'out-of-pocket expenses' is more than your annual salary. Your request for knee surgery has been denied because you have another leg. The cost goes up 40% every year. Your employer is dropping all of it come January 1.

[whathehell]

6. I was given the same joke by a friend who is a nurse but,

it was "How do you know you've got an HMO".

[FirstLight]

7. kick for the PM crowd... ;)

nt

[napoleon_in_rags]

8. hehehe. I like it.

nt

[Xenotime]

9. That email should be sent to the flag gov't address.

[FirstLight]

10. do you have a link?

I'd like to get this busted out on the national scene, debunked, etc

[ieoeja]

13. It's a joke. How do you debunk a joke?

Lie: (10) Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters.
Fact: Health insurance reform is not going to outsource breast exams to Hooters.

Lie: (9) Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you enter the trailer park."
Fact: While it is certainly possible that an individual healthcare provider may require you to enter a trailer park and turn left, the health insurance reform plan does not go into the details of where every healthcare provider is located.

Lie: (8) The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgesicles.
Fact: The health insurance reform plan does not determine what sort of tongue depressors a healthcare provider may use.

Lie: (7) The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter.
Fact: Studies by the ABCXYZ have shown that 99.44% of all doctors in the United States today will participate in the new plan. While the study was not broken down by medical specialty, it is unlikely that only one proctologist, of the countries tens of thousands of proctologists, will choose to participate.

... and so on. Admittedly, the debunking would actually be funnier than the original. But only if the person you are replying to realizes you are trying to be funny.

[Ghost013]

11. Good job

I like it!!

[ieoeja]

12. Find "REDNECK" - Replace with "OBAMA" - Replace All.

Seriously, this MUST have originated as a "redneck" joke.

10) Hooters
(9) trailer park
(8) Fudgesicles
(7) "Gus" from Roto-Rooter
(6) ?
(5) Goodwill
(4) ?
(3) ?
(2) M&Ms
(1) duct tape


We'd see more racism and/or liberal elitism in an original joke about Obama healthcare.