Worst. Talking. Point. Ever.
November 10, 2009 6:04 pm ET
On the November 10 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck, Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute said: "Insurance companies save more lives in a single day than President Obama or Nancy Pelosi will save in their entire lifetimes."
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Obumbles and Pelosi are attempting nothing more than another round of wealth redistribution/distruction.
Nobody is forced to buy insurance(yet). If you don't like it then don't get it and stop your whining.
Bravo! That was a Beck-like argument where you contradicted yourself in three sentences or less. Well done!
*golf clap*
I love it when ignorant people say things because they think they have a clever idea, but really have no clue. Once again fine sir, Bravo! Well said!
*golf clap*
So you have a major problem with a bill that tries to keep people from dying in the US because of lack of health care, but you have no problem with your tax dollars going to fund wars in other countries where our troops and civilians are dying in the name of defeating terrorism?
What kills more people in America? Terrorists? (killed more than 3,500 in the U.S. from one day of attacks over the last 8 years) Or people without proper health care? (an average of 10,000-12,000 die EVERY YEAR from lack of proper health care)
Hmmmm, those are some pretty damning numbers brutusminimusbraincells.
This bill, or what ever version that passes under these dim-witted socialists, will kill more people than any of the wars on terror.
Your 10,000-12,000 deaths-per-year, of course, is completely bogus. But even if it were close to true, wait until you see the socialist system - it will be considered a great year if only 12,000 die while waiting in line for treatment. Not to mention the lower standard of living for everyone not in line.
How many people died in Europe in that little heat wave a few years ago because their system couldn't handle it? Pathetic! And that's where we're headed.
And how many people died in our heat-wave in 1996? You are just making things up now, how sad.
And those numbers are not bogus at all. I have read several documents from reputable people in the medical field, so forgive me if I take their word over the biased view of a faceless and clueless blogger like yourself.
The bottom line is, and again I ask you, what is the more pressing problem to the American people? Terrorists? Or Cancer and Heart disease? Which of those kills more Americans each year? Got any made-up numbers to throw out at me about that?
But I guess since the Constitution doesn't say anything about that, you are for people dying, right? I'm not trying to change your opinion, your mind is made up. And people that refuse to look at things from both sides are people I can do without.
What part am I making up? I simply asked a question.
If you believe that this government takeover, as written by the leftists in congress, is going to make health care in this country better, then you are a liberal. Only liberals believe the federal government has the authority to do it and only liberals are dumb enough to think that it can work.
And what "documents from reputable people" have you read? We have the best health care system in the world - at every economic level.
If you losers want to depend on the government for your health care I wish you could leave me out of it. The problem, of course, is that you have to have me to pay for it.
Fact: We do not have "the best" healthcare in the world.
Fact: The healthcare plan as it stands is not perfect, but it is not a "takeover" of healthcare. Its another option for people that do not have or cannot afford insurance.
Fact: I am a disabled veteran and have a good portion of my healthcare already taken care of because of that, and I get the rest covered though my job.
Fact: You have deluded yourself with right-wing lies and talking points. So again, there is no talking to you. Your mind is made up. Only the ignorant refuse to look at facts from both sides.
I don't think the healthcare plan as it is is going to work great. It needs work and revisions. But its better than what is out there. Deny it all you want. You are just denying the reality of our healthcare system.
I will give you one source for information, you can do your own research instead of listening to Fox "News." Look up Dr. Aaron Carroll. He is very insightful on this matter and actually produces facts, not delusions.
Good luck, hope you find your way out of your ignorance and hate someday.
You need to learn the difference between a fact and opinion.
I love my HSA. That's a fact.
You're a liberal. That's my opinion.
We have the best health care system in the world. That's my opinion.
Even though I could afford to do so in most cases, I would never take anyone from my family to another country for treatment. That's a FACT.
Without forcing the "rich" to pay for this idiotic socialist idea it could never come close to being adequately funded. That's a FACT.
Insurance companies don't save lives. They PAY BILLS [well, sometimes]. DOCTORS, EMTs, NURSES and other health care providers save lives.
And the lack of health insurance costs lives. And Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama are trying to get rid of that problematic lack of health insurance to save lives.
The Republican Party's offering didn't do squat to work on that problem.
But he knows that, and so he has to spew nonsense to poison the debate on the lack of health care insurance for tens of millions of Americans.
We've considered being dropped by an insurance company for having a pre-existing condition, and then needing a $500,000 operation. Surely you are capable of taking care of your needs without insurance.
Nice talking point, though. Incorrect, but nicely parroted.
LMAO!
Prove it!
Aaaah...so comforting.
If anything after this, I hate them even more than I did before.
Emergency responders save lives.
Insurance companies have NEVER saved a single life. Period.
He goes on to talk about how insurance companies will make your plan worthless so they can essentially sell you to their competitor. Sounds like they are real trustworthy. Sounds like they really care about saving lives.
News Flash...Napolitano was punked. This guy was from the OCAT Institute, the Insane Asylum for the Sean Wannabees, just outside New York City. It is supported by donation from Fox News.