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Health Insurance in America: VOMIT!

You non-Americans don't know how lucky you are. The most powerful lobby in America against national health insurance is the Health Insurance Association of America. Some years ago, when Prez. Clinton tried to introduce a plan to insure all Americans, the HIAA went on the warpath with a commercial featuring a "typical" couple called Harry and Louise which effectively destroyed public support for government-provided health insurance (ironically, the Harry and Louise actors both lacked health insurance in real life). Clinton's plan was very flawed, as it kept private health insurers in the picture, but the HIAA did its best to equate National Health Insurance with Satan himself. "Trust us," they said, "we'll make insurance more affordable."

Now, there are more uninsured Americans than ever - nearly a fifth of the population, and get this: the HIAA is hauling out Harry and Louise ads again, THIS TIME DECRYING THE PLIGHT OF UNINSURED AMERICANS!" These disgusing hypocrites have no shame whatsoever. You folks who aren't Americans can count your blessings.

Follow Ups:

• Hate to pop your bubble here MDG Frenchy January 21 19100 (6)
  • There is no country called 'Basutuland' Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA January 21 19100 (2)
    • NJ wins the door prize!! Congrats!! Frenchy January 23 19100 (1)
      • It's Lesotho, not Swaziland! Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA January 23 19100 (0)
  • Pop my bubble? As the bored wife said to her husband on their wedding night: MDG January 21 19100 (2)
    • As the bored wife said to her husband on their wedding night: Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA January 23 19100 (0)
    • Grunt...grunt...grunt... Frenchy January 23 19100 (0)
• hold on there MDG Lark January 20 19100 (6)
  • Means and ends MDG January 20 19100 (1)
    • I'm not anti-reform just anti-reformism Lark January 23 19100 (0)
  • Lark . . .friend . . .COMRADE . . . Pete January 20 19100 (3)
    • It's about expanding the floor of the cage until the day when you can break the bars Lark January 23 19100 (2)
      • Everybody can criticize capitalism, but what do we do about it? Pete January 23 19100 (1)
        • A Capital Idea!! Frenchy January 24 19100 (0)
• Yup Pete January 19 19100 (0)
• Compare David USA January 19 19100 (0)