Category Archives: Health Care Humor

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Speculative Rumor and Crazy Talk::Deval and Mitt

This is very weird. I get the boomlet about Deval Patrick being considered for the Secretary of Health and Human Services slot, to replace Tom Daschle. According to the Washington Post, he’s on the short list along with Kansas Gov. … Continue reading

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Voilà! Just Define the Uninsured as Covered, and Problem Disappears. For Free!

I’ve been saving our “Health Care Humor” tag for when/if Mitt Romney is selected as VP candidate, and has to walk back from chapter 58, his campaign’s claim for his signal achievement, but this new statement from McCain health plan … Continue reading

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Some Enjoy Paying High Premiums

If universal coverage came to America, some people would leave the country. But where would they go? Audio fun from the Onion.

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What Would Universal Coverage Do To The Redundancy Industry?

Elizabeth Edwards was on Colbert last night, more than holding her own and speaking out for universal coverage and ending poverty: Colbert, defending the insurers, pleaded for the redundancy industry. He should get his talking points from the new effort … Continue reading

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Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Children’s Healthcare

Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Children�s Healthcare

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ROMNEY: “No, no, I like mandates. The mandates work.”

Who knows how much longer we’ll have Mitt for our needed doses of health care humor. So let’s give him some air time to confuse further the American public about the MA health reform law (our comments in italics). This … Continue reading

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Bush Administration’s SCHIP Hypocrisy

We’ve been laying low on the SCHIP fight because there’s been so much other commentary on it. Thank you, President Bush, for giving SCHIP more publicity and attention in the past two months than at any other point in its … Continue reading

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Romney: “Half of my uninsured are now insured, and I am proud of what we’ve done.”

We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried. Full Republican Debate transcript available by clicking here. ROMNEY: We solved the problem of health care in our state not by having the government take it over, the way Hillary Clinton … Continue reading

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More SCHIP Comedy Gold

We said it a few weeks ago: Bush’s SCHIP veto is a gift from on high.

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Families USA Starts Ad War Against SCHIP Veto

This is good, too. And this:

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