Tweetable Responses to the Right on Healthcare
If your like me and like to spend time reading the nonsense the gets posted under the #tcot hashtag on Twitter by neo cons whose pictures are typically some combination of Obama, Soviet symbols and Hitler, you have probably wanted to respond. So, I thought I would take the time and craft a few 140 for character responses to some of the most outragous and, sadly, common Tweets out there.
The Public Option is a step towards socialism
Response: “Nixon, the King of Anti-Communism, was the first to propose a public option in ’74. Maybe he was a double agent!”
Death Panels
Response: ”The only death panels are the insurance companies who rescind your coverage preexisting conditions, like rape.”
The Government has no right to get involved in heatlhcare
Response: “50% of all HC spending in the US already comes through the Gov’t you cannot argue for our current system and against Gov’t involvement.”
Socialism Medicine is UnAmerican
Response: “We have socialized medicine in the US, the VA System. Are you calling the US Military UnAmerican?”
HSA Will Control Costs
Response: “Yes, they will reduce the use of unneeded services but they will also reduce the use of needed services.”
Consumer choice will solve our healthcare problems
Response: “Consumer choice assumes the consumer is well informed. Since it takes 10 years to become a doctor, how can a patient be informed?”
Other governments just ration to bring down costs
Response: “We ration and don’t bring down costs. We ration based on your income while others ration based on need, which is more fair?”
Illegal immigrants shouldn’t get healthcare
Response: “They already do and our taxes pay for it. hospitals must treat emergencies, so if they don’t have insurance, we pay for those visits.”
These are just a few of my favorites, please feel free to add more via comments or Tweet me @dchase.