“Throughout the debate, Senate Republicans have argued that this misguided law represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional expansion of the federal government into the daily lives of every American. Most Americans agree. In both public surveys and at the ballot box, Americans have rejected the law’s mandate that they must buy government-approved health insurance, and I hope the Supreme Court will do the same.”
Government approved health insurance? In 2014 it will be a mandate to buy insurance from private companies who pay to finance your campaigns, Senator. The government has given a gift to the private companies with this mandate rather than setting up a government run program, like Medicare, to give them some competition. What’s the solution–private health insurance or a government run program like Medicare for Everyone?
MCCONNELL: Well, it doesn’t make any difference frankly whether you opt-in or you opt-out, it’s still a government plan. You know, Medicaid, the program for the poor now, states can opt-out of that, but none of them have. I think if you have any kind of government insurance program, you’re going to be stuck with it and it will lead us in the direction of the European style, you know, sort of British-style, single payer, government run system. And those systems are known for delays, denial of care and, you know, if your particular malady doesn’t fit the government regulation, you don’t get the medication.
MILLER: Right.
MCCONNELL: And it may cost you your life. I mean, we don’t want to go down that path.
No, of course there are no delays or denial of care now, Senator McConnell because we only have 45,000 Americans die each year due to lack of health insurance, so a public program that would cover everyone would lead to–coverage and health care?
Americans..”don’t want is a Washington takeover of health care along the lines of what we’ve already seen with banks, insurance companies, and the auto industry. Americans don’t want a government-run system that puts bureaucrats between patients and doctors.”
The government has taken over the banks? The insurance companies? The auto industry? When did that happen? The only bureaucrats standing between patients and their doctors work for CIGNA, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and all the other health insurance companies.
Senator McConnell enjoys some of the finest government subsidized health care in the world thanks to the United States taxpayers, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. Ask the Senator from Kentucky if we should extend that government program to all United States citizens.
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