Mitch McConnell and George Bush Are Right - U.S. Is Number One In Healthcare...

[TomCADem]

...costs. It is no contest. The U.S. is clearly number one:

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[Lifelong Protester]

1. Yes, and all those costs...

(cue Mitch's greedy paws rubbing together) mean profits!!!

How obscene that health care in this day and age ANYwhere is 'for profit'.

[kirby]

2. What really bothers me...

Is when McConnell and other Repubs say something like 'Obama wants to mess with something that is 16% of our economy'. As if that is something to brag about. The fact that we spend/waste 16% of our economy on health care is a tragedy, not something to be proud of.

[LisaM]

3. What was so telling about Glenn Beck's rant about "leaders" coming here for healthcare

Is that it exactly exemplifies what is wrong with our system. A bunch of overpriced specialists serving a wealthy elite clientele, while most of us have to debate whether to go to the doctor and medical bankruptcies are ruining lives (not to mention people who die because they can't afford care). How is he proud of that? You can't even get a mammogram without going to a doctor who charges you $50 to send you to the place where you get a mammogram - cumbersome, time consuming, an extra "deductible" that the insurance companies won't cover....well, you get my drift.

[Wapsie B]

4. America firsters could not begin to comprehend the fact that France is #1

in quality of healthcare.

[VWolf]

5. and at less than half the cost, according to the OP

[TomCADem]

6. The Fact That Nearly 9 Out Of 10 News Stories Dwells On "Setbacks" To Reform

Illustrates the power of the health industry, and why cost containment will be so difficult to implement. Media matter has some excellent studies show the huge media bias against healthcare reform through which the media can obscure the basic fact that Americans pay far too much for healthcare that is not better than that offered by other industrialized countries.

[Javaman]

7. Sure if you start counting from the bottom up!

:rofl:

[JDPriestly]

8. Open Secrets is our friend. Mitch McConnell is a friend of big pharma

and other wealthy interests in medicine.

Mitch McConnell:

Industry ↓ Total ↓ Indivs ↓ PACs ↓
Securities & Investment $1,106,974 $925,975 $180,999
Lawyers/Law Firms $916,183 $701,983 $214,200
Retired $880,155 $880,155 $0
Real Estate $719,180 $593,180 $126,000
Health Professionals $704,850 $495,950 $208,900
Lobbyists $480,705 $467,964 $12,741
Republican/Conservative $470,033 $460,783 $9,250
Oil & Gas $455,750 $257,550 $198,200
Pro-Israel $415,710 $304,200 $111,510
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $410,235 $148,450 $261,785
Commercial Banks $378,600 $266,100 $112,500
Leadership PACs $358,744 $0 $358,744
General Contractors $317,121 $275,121 $42,000
Insurance $314,933 $242,233 $72,700
Misc Finance $308,434 $279,934 $28,500
Misc Business $301,750 $285,250 $16,500
Hospitals/Nursing Homes $274,050 $249,550 $24,500
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $252,150 $180,150 $72,000
Business Services $248,050 $204,250 $43,800
Mining $238,600 $174,800 $63,800

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