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We're all murderers now. Health care blame game.
National Review ^ | 05/04/2017 | David French

Posted on 05/11/2017 12:40:49 AM PDT by gattaca

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1 posted on 05/11/2017 12:40:49 AM PDT by gattaca
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To: gattaca
Obamacare. Who benefits?


Undertakers.
2 posted on 05/11/2017 12:49:02 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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Bob knew he had a heart condition but avoided any procedures to mitigate it due to his $8,000 out of pocket copay I under Obama Care. Plenty of free condoms though.


3 posted on 05/11/2017 12:50:21 AM PDT by blackdog
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in Ireland, we have socialised healthcare, they killed my uncle with mrsa and tried to blame us, nearly killed my dad with a heart attack (we had to use private health insurance to pay for his bypass— oh yes you missed that part— you still need private healthcare— did you not know that?)....

if anyone is dumb enough to think single payer works, i have a nigerian general who has 20 million to deposit in your account...


4 posted on 05/11/2017 12:52:37 AM PDT by Irishguy
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My questions would be to this story of “Bob”:

What happened to Bob’s mistress, Wendy, the trailer-park gal, who was left alone after Bob’s funeral?

What happened to Bob’s mystery child from a 1988 two-week affair with Donna, the Waffle House gal?

What happened to Uncle Winford, the crazed uncle of Bob’s family who suggested that he might have been the second guy in Dallas for the Kennedy shooting?

What happened to Bob’s former school buddy, Woody, who mysteriously disappeared in 2008 after suggesting he was a part-time liaison of Hillary Clinton?


5 posted on 05/11/2017 12:55:49 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Bob killed Bob for not plopping down 40 bucks at the local pharmacy for a blood pressure monitor.


6 posted on 05/11/2017 1:12:57 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: gattaca

My blood pressure meds cost $4 a month. I could probably make that much selling pine cones if I had no other option.


7 posted on 05/11/2017 1:21:20 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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HEY !!!

You forgot Bob’s sick, elderly parents in Oklahoma !!!

What happened to them ??? Eh ???

Theyre to blame for Bob !!!


8 posted on 05/11/2017 1:36:44 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Am I a bad man for reading this and giggling the entire time?

(I've read Atlas Shrugged twice... but at least a hundred times I've gone back over the part about Kip Chalmers and laughed about it.)

9 posted on 05/11/2017 1:47:15 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (I don't give a damn about your feelings. Try to impress me with your convictions.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

What about Bob’s twin brother...Barkley? Is he still living in a cabin in Alaska, with his Eskimo-live-in girlfriend?

And Bob’s cousin...Morty? Didn’t he get sent off to prison in Honduras for illicitly marrying eight women?


10 posted on 05/11/2017 2:02:19 AM PDT by pepsionice
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I’m not Bob. I have preexisting conditions too. I take care of myself. I worked hard and sacrificed to get the medical care and coverage I need. I am not selfish and whiny. I do not demand someone else provide for me. I do not demand complete strangers be forced to lose what they had so I could have something. In other words, I am an adult.


11 posted on 05/11/2017 2:11:12 AM PDT by guido911 (all)
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Bob couldnt afford to pay out of pocket for a physical exam

but when his tire blew he got a new set installed for $1200
And when the plumbing backed up he paid $250 for a pliumber

Oh and Bob is paying $175 a month fior a family cell phone plan on ATT - unlimited data
Plus he has hbo and Netflix

Surely the democrats could make car repairs, plumbing repairs and social media a human right to be covered by government?


12 posted on 05/11/2017 3:17:06 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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Bumping for later.


13 posted on 05/11/2017 3:24:40 AM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: guido911

“I’m not Bob. I have preexisting conditions too. I take care of myself. I worked hard and sacrificed to get the medical care and coverage I need. I am not selfish and whiny. I do not demand someone else provide for me. I do not demand complete strangers be forced to lose what they had so I could have something. In other words, I am an adult.”

And that’s the bottom line. Be a responsible adult, not a whiny loser.


14 posted on 05/11/2017 3:30:40 AM PDT by tuffydoodle ("Never underestimate the total depravity of the average human being.")
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bfl


15 posted on 05/11/2017 3:43:17 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Life Expectancy In U.S. Drops For First Time In Decades:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/08/504667607/life-expectancy-in-u-s-drops-for-first-time-in-decades-report-finds

...that's UNDER Obamacare!

There is a downside to all the "free stuff" Obamacare provides. Drugs have side effects, and some of them are potentially lethal, there is NO "safe" dose of radiation, etc etc.

16 posted on 05/11/2017 3:43:49 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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>>Obamacare. Who benefits? Undertakers.

Not even them because middle class families that would have opted for the big open casket funeral and burial are now being forced by globalization and government confiscation of their incomes to choose the cheaper cremation.


17 posted on 05/11/2017 3:44:58 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: gattaca
Great article.

Especially like the part about the federal government's "food pyramid" (which had several earlier incarnations –all wrong– before the pyramid).

In fact the medical establishment is equally at fault for accepting the "eat a low-fat diet" and "lower your cholesterol with toxic drugs" advice.

And the medical establishment has "killed" many, many more Bobs by over-prescribing opioid drugs.

18 posted on 05/11/2017 4:01:59 AM PDT by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
"I could probably make that much selling pine cones...."

You got pine cones? I'm looking for a new dealer, 'cause I need them bad, man....

19 posted on 05/11/2017 4:07:28 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: silverleaf

Ha! this story fits someone in my family, but he’s not dead yet.
Lost job, lost wife, fat, drinks, NOTHING is is fault!
But $$ to burn on expensive car, all kinds of “toys” new pet, too.


20 posted on 05/11/2017 4:10:33 AM PDT by ronniesgal (still winning (and a self satisfied Pr!ck, according to WMarshal))
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