I was on holiday in the US when the Health thing blew up with a lot of "Town Hall" meetings. Coming from a place with a Health Service that's not perfect in any way but better than most, I was just amazed at the blinkers worn by so many people in the US.
They were not prepared to listen to any arguments or discussions and simply believed some of the blatent lies the press were gleefully spouting to whip up Mr and Mrs America- "Death Panels for Grandma" - being my favourite
One chap shouted "I don't want health insurance for all because if a poor person gets sick they will use resources that I might need". :wtf:
In the end I ended up watching the nightly "round up" on the Comedy channel - strangely it told me all i needed to know, and was probably more honest than the "news" channels all day.
They were not prepared to listen to any arguments or discussions and simply believed some of the blatent lies the press were gleefully spouting to whip up Mr and Mrs America- "Death Panels for Grandma" - being my favourite
One chap shouted "I don't want health insurance for all because if a poor person gets sick they will use resources that I might need". :wtf:
In the end I ended up watching the nightly "round up" on the Comedy channel - strangely it told me all i needed to know, and was probably more honest than the "news" channels all day.