{"id":70,"date":"2008-01-06T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=70"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:06:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:06:15","slug":"the-republican-lie-on-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"The Republican Lie on Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/a.abcnews.com\/images\/Politics\/boxing_rep_080105_mn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/a.abcnews.com\/images\/Politics\/boxing_rep_080105_mn.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>I just watched the Republican Presidential candidates yuck it up about the healthcare disaster in this country. There was no discussion of the marketing costs or bureaucratic excess or greed causing 47 million men, women and children from being uninsured or underinsured. Mitt Romney thinks Americans lack health insurance because of personal irresponsibility and greed.<\/p>\n<p>Moderator, Charlie Gibson, asked, &#8220;Why we are the only industrialized country that does not insure all of its citizens?&#8221; The G.O.P. candidates all blurted out in unison, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;How come everybody from around the world comes here when they need medical care?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That canard is a big stinkin&#8217; shameless <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">LIE<\/span>. I&#8217;ve never seen any data suggesting that foreigners are beating down the doors of our hospitals, but even if they are, it is only rich people who can afford to travel to America for medical care. (Given our increasingly inhospitable immigration policies, I doubt many sick people, even rich ones, are coming to the USA for treatment).<\/p>\n<p>We need a system that protects the health of all Americans, not just wealthy ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just watched the Republican Presidential candidates yuck it up about the healthcare disaster in this country. 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