tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post9190258198346030912..comments2024-01-11T05:03:30.002-05:00Comments on Boiling Point Blog: Feminist, LGBT and progressive political cartoons: Toon: Freedom of Health Care Choice!Mikhaela Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817367214920267825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post-52415735432687015022009-09-03T15:59:26.130-04:002009-09-03T15:59:26.130-04:00I'm an expat US citizen living in Australia. S...I'm an expat US citizen living in Australia. Since 1996, I've had single-payer universal health coverage. If I need treatment, I show up at my GP's office, plunk down my Medicare (yep, Aus uses the same name as the US single-payer health program) card, get done what I need to and off down the road I go. <br /><br />I can't help but laugh my head off at wingnuts who somehow think Medicare for all is a bad thing. If there's any 'death panels' in US healthcare, they're already in existence at the monstrous private health insurance & HMO companies. <br /><br />My last experience with healthcare in the US was when I showed up at an ER for treatment after being rear-ended by a cop car. The hospital wanted my insurance info or a credit card before they wanted to know what was wrong with me. <br /><br />The Democrats have a bully majority in Congress. If Obama doesn't push for single-payer universal coverage for all Americans, he should never again be able to sleep at night.weezhttp://machinegunkeyboard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post-66463593936578667092009-08-16T20:08:25.308-04:002009-08-16T20:08:25.308-04:00Or end up in a van down by the river. Single payer...Or end up in a van down by the river. Single payer would be best but I'll go for the Obama plan over nothing or business as usual for the Insurance companiesEspahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925812767850812062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post-31314527574676072782009-07-24T07:28:01.050-04:002009-07-24T07:28:01.050-04:00Amen. When the Right raves about "choice,&qu...Amen. When the Right raves about "choice," it's helpful to remember what they mean by "right to work": not the right to have a decent job at a decent wage, but the right to take what an employer offers or go pound sand.<br /><br />--nashtbrutusandshort<br /><a href="http://categoricalaperitif.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Categorical Aperitif</a>nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197147046558468601noreply@blogger.com