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Sebelius Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
« on: February 01, 2011, 01:03:17 AM »
Sebelius Defends Individual Mandate; Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
Monday, January 31, 2011
By Matt Cover

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(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended the new health care law’s mandate requiring people to purchase insurance, comparing the buying of health insurance to buying televisions.

People access health care regardless of whether they have insurance, said Sebelius on Friday. “What they’re choosing not to do is actually pay for those services," she said.

"If I don’t have a 27-inch TV for the Super Bowl, I can’t demand on the day of the Super Bowl that somebody deliver that TV because I have a right to it. On the other hand, if I don’t have insurance, I come through the door of an emergency room and get treated and get cared for, and somebody else picks up the tab,” said Sebelius.

More at the link, but you get the idea.

Uh, last time I went to the ER, I got the bill in the mail. Who knew I could just send it to somebody else?

Didn't Obiewan tell us he was goin' to surround himself with the smartest people he could find for his cabinet? If this is what he considers the smartest, he's not only incompetent, he's a Damn fool!
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Re: Sebelius Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 03:49:53 AM »
The "funniest" part of Sebelius' position is that the government wrote the regulations that force non-profits to give away healthcare...and now cite those regulations as a reason we need more government control in healthcare. 

Just like their constant citing of healthcare costs being reason for more government despite the fact that a huge amount of those expenses are directly related to the requirements of government regulations. 

Write regulations that cause tons of problems...and then pacify your sheep by stepping in to "fix" the problems you've caused with "just a little more tax money."   :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Re: Sebelius Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 04:06:13 AM »
We should demand a much higher quality of government while the politicians serve for free....ain't that kind of what the DUmmies demand from the healthcare system?

And politicians should be required to carry political malpractice insurance. Boy! I bet that would have a hell of a price tag.
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Re: Sebelius Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2011, 07:22:51 AM »
And shorter sessions.
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Re: Sebelius Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 07:58:23 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on February 01, 2011, 04:06:13 AM
We should demand a much higher quality of government while the politicians serve for free....ain't that kind of what the DUmmies demand from the healthcare system?

And politicians should be required to carry political malpractice insurance. Boy! I bet that would have a hell of a price tag.
Imagine suing a congress-person for sponsoring legislation that damaged your business...   :o :o   :-)
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Re: Sebelius Compares Health Insurance to Buying TV’s
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 01:30:29 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on February 01, 2011, 03:49:53 AM
The "funniest" part of Sebelius' position is that the government wrote the regulations that force non-profits to give away healthcare...and now cite those regulations as a reason we need more government control in healthcare. 

I'd like to throw her words right back in her face.

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"If I don’t have a 27-inch TV for the Super Bowl, I can’t demand on the day of the Super Bowl that somebody deliver that TV because I have a right to it."

What she is saying is those who have no insurance have no right to demand others pick up their tab. We should embrace it and run with it.

Granted, she goes on to break her analogy with the "we gotta pay so we should make them buy" bullshit. We should point out we aren't opposed to medical care for people who need it so much as we oppose those who DEMAND by act of law and the enforcemenst thereof that others pay for them.

IOW: it ain't the product, it's the principle.
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