Posts Tagged ‘Hawaii’

If health care reform is passed and implemented, Rush Limbaugh will leave the country. This is something we should all be able to get behind. The country would be a much better place if he would go away.

I was curious to hear where he planned on going, since every industrialized country in the world not named the United States has universal health care, and he says Costa Rica. Surprise surprise, they have universal health care.

If anything, whatever watered-down bill we eventually pass should be much less socialist and scary than health care in every other country in the world. After his experience with and positive comments about Hawaiian health care, maybe Rush is just moving because he loves universal health care so much.

But the man obviously has no idea what he’s talking about. So let’s keep Costa Rica’s system a secret, pass reform, and buy him a one-way ticket.

Enjoy wondering how he doesn’t understand how everywhere else has universal care.

Adam Feser

There’s been a lot of talk about the health care summit set to take place on February 25. On the surface, it looks like an attempt to have a televised, public forum for Republicans to discuss their ideas with President Obama. A public conversation with Republicans seems like a good idea since there have been complaints about partisanship and closed door dealings (whether or not they are warranted is questionable).

But that’s the obvious/not paranoid way of looking at the health care summit. If you truly know what’s happening, you know it’s a secret trap being set by Obama to ruin Republicans. It will be accomplished by… um… getting them to openly state and discuss their ideas with President Obama with ample time to prepare? This hardly sounds like some killer trap, but guys like Lindsey Graham and John Boehner aren’t so sure.

I guess maybe they are just setting up an excuse. If it doesn’t go well, they can just claim they were trapped.

Jon Stewart has a nice little clip about the “trap,” and John Oliver also filed a report on health care. He was discussing government-mandated health care with some RNC folks attending their meeting in Hawaii. He had already discussed wasteful spending with them as they remained in the dark about the irony of having a ton of people fly to Hawaii to discuss wasteful spending, and they were no less in the dark when discussing Hawaii’s health care plan.

You see, since 1974 Hawaii has required employers to provide health care benefits for all employees working 20 hours a week. Everything in Hawaii is expensive, except health care, which is nearly the lowest in the country.

John Oliver hears the regular talking points from some RNC attendees and asks a few questions. They did not disappoint. I’ll let you watch Jon on the trap and John on Hawaii:

How funny was it when that lady says some ridiculous platitude and John shuts it down?

Enjoy one of the better Moments of Zen ever:

Adam Feser