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:iconrockothetaco:
An educational short about Obamacare, 'cause people don't seem to be as informed about what exactly it does as they should be.

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Give reality my regards when it wakes you up the hard way.
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:iconrockothetaco:
I'm sorry, but the idea that regulations that prevent businesses from taking advantage of the general public are infringing upon the rights of those businesses is ridiculous.

Countries with socialized medicine have healthcare that is far cheaper to both the government and to the public AND of higher quality than we do.

The comparison to the Soviet Union is when things got hard to take seriously. To suggest that a socialized model like those of the Nordic countries is anywhere close to that is like comparing Bush to Hitler.
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:iconsonrouge:
"I'm sorry, but the idea that regulations that prevent businesses from taking advantage of the general public are infringing upon the rights of those businesses is ridiculous."

Because all businesses are guilty until proven innocent, their actual actions not withstanding, right?

"Countries with socialized medicine have healthcare that is far cheaper to both the government and to the public AND of higher quality than we do."

Is that a fact?

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You've made a lot of claims, chum. You will now kindly support them with examples.
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:iconrockothetaco:
No; because businesses are run by people, and as such they'll most likely hold their own interests over the well-being of others. It's the same reason we have laws against murder.

I'm familiar with the "death panel"-style myths, and of how they compare to actual data.
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Despite spending more on healthcare than anyone else, our average life expectancy is lower, our infant mortality rate is higher, our doctors and nurses per patient are fewer and our overall quality of care are below those of just about every other first-world nation.
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:iconrockothetaco:
It also pretends that the coverage available to those with pre-existing conditions was in any way acceptable, and that our old healthcare system wasn't far more of a spending burden than the new one.
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:iconsonrouge:
Considering the new one doesn't do a damn thing for supply, but only increases demand, that claim is rather fitting.
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:iconrockothetaco:
We're in a demand crisis; we NEED more demand. Employers are making more than ever, and the problem isn't that resources are scarce; it's that the bulk of consumers can't afford to spend, and the people who can afford to are just holding onto their money because they already have more than they'll ever need.
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:iconjwiesner:
I know right? As far as I found out from the news and my people, Switzerland didn't understand why most Americans reacted negatively when Obama did that good thing. We're pretty much of an insurance country so we already know how these things work and thought it was a cool idea for the US.

Btw, I love how you drew Obama's face. xD All these caricatures of him make me happy.

Hey what I wanted to say, I appreciate how you bring these political videos up. I mean I already respected you as a fun friend with creative stories and artworks, but now I respect you even more because I see you show serious topics and educate people too! Awesome dude!
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:iconrockothetaco:
Thanks!

Unfortunately, we seem to have an attitude of "America is best, so we shouldn't try to improve in ways that other countries have."
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:iconjwiesner:
Oh every country has that! There's things our country that we took forever to learn too. It's especially embarrassing if the things are in our very neighbor countries, for everyone to see and learn, but it takes forever till people truly realize they should practice these things in their home country as well. Perhaps people are just uncomfy with changes in general? Ha I know we badly need to improve when it comes to art school quality, seeing what USA and France does, the results of their students. And France is a neighbor country lol.
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