Right.
So, because Americans are too stupid to wonder why Canadians and Brits come to the United States for medical treatment, and Cubans ride inner tubes across shark-infested oceans to get better medical care than they have at home, despite Michael Moore's horseshit, basically every candidate for Prez this time around is touting some sort of "universal health coverage" plan.
No mention, of course, is made of the fact that most Americans can't afford health care due to two root causes - government regulation and outlandish lawsuits.
At any rate, Hillary Clinton, like everyone else, has a health plan. Interestingly, it's very, very different from the ORIGINAL "Clinton Health Security Plan," which I was so interested in - always on the lookout for opportunities to debunk the bullshit artists - that I ran right out and bought a copy.
But more interestingly, explaining exactly how it would work led to Clinton making a statement that may very well be the single most intelligent thing she's ever said.
Not that that gives her much, aside from an astounding talent for stating the obvious, as you'll see.
At any rate, speaking to a public forum sponsored by several different HMOs, Clinton said on Thursday:
"People who are here legally deserve some better treatment and acceptance in the law than people who are not here legally. These are hard choices."Right. You mean to say, even if you socialize the entire medical system - something that has yet to work in any nation in which it's ever been tried, despite the loud proclamations of its worth by those not being treated under it - you won't cover illegal aliens, right?
Clearly, not "universal," but good for you, Ms. Clinton. Goddamn right our taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing the medical care of people who are in this country by virtue of the fact that they BROKE THE LAW.
A law-abiding, taxpaying citizen does not "owe" a criminal squat.
I will go a step further; I think we ought to build - we have plenty of undeveloped "public" land - any number of new prisons, purpose-built to contain illegal immigrants, and deal with them, when so identified, by slapping them in jail for a term of not less than five years, followed by deportation.
You'd be amazed at how fast the tidal wave of illegals would dry up, if you did that.
Still, however, the best comment in the article comes from Danny Diaz, spokesman for the Republican National Committee, who said:
"Senator Clinton encourages people to lead healthy lifestyles, which will occur as they run from her plan to socialize medicine, just as they did in 1993."Bwa ha ha ha!
Bwa ha ha ha!
Bwaaaaa ha ha haaaaa ha ha ha!
