Comments on: Gods Damned Brilliant

By: The Angry Drunk

The Angry Drunk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:25:43 +0000

For the record, here is Senator Sanders' full proposal. It's a bit more nuanced than the Rolling Stone quote would indicate.

By: The Angry Drunk

The Angry Drunk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:25:00 +0000

For the record, here is Senator Sanders' full proposal. It's a bit more nuanced than the Rolling Stone quote would indicate.

By: MikieV

MikieV — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:12:33 +0000

Thanks for the link. I probably would have missed an -excellent- article, otherwise.

@ Joe

“$17 barely buys you a bottle of aspirin these days.”

And yet my annual payments into Blue Cross was only a -fraction- of the cost of my wife’s lumbar-fusion surgery, and continuing follow-up care.

Why can’t $5-billion cover the bill? Don’t most health plans -depend- on the currently-healthy subsidizing the cost of treating the currently-ill??

It would only be your $17-per-person if every person in the US sought treatment in a given year.

By: MikieV

MikieV — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:12:00 +0000

Thanks for the link. I probably would have missed an -excellent- article, otherwise.

@ Joe

“$17 barely buys you a bottle of aspirin these days.”

And yet my annual payments into Blue Cross was only a -fraction- of the cost of my wife’s lumbar-fusion surgery, and continuing follow-up care.

Why can’t $5-billion cover the bill? Don’t most health plans -depend- on the currently-healthy subsidizing the cost of treating the currently-ill??

It would only be your $17-per-person if every person in the US sought treatment in a given year.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:55:34 +0000

You are either completely and utterly brainwashed by the left, or have no conception of simple costs and basic math. If he would have said 50 billion, I would have left exactly the same comment, but update the annual figure to $170 — that’s how far removed from reality this guy’s statement is — c’mon, are you kiddin’ me?! $17 barely buys you a bottle of aspirin these days.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:55:00 +0000

By: Bucky Slingshot

Bucky Slingshot — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:35:09 +0000

Joe, that actually sounds about right with economies of scale, and not everybody using the government-provided healthcare. Other countries seem to manage it just fine.

By: Bucky Slingshot

Bucky Slingshot — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:35:00 +0000

Joe, that actually sounds about right with economies of scale, and not everybody using the government-provided healthcare. Other countries seem to manage it just fine.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:03:13 +0000

God Damned Bullshit

“But for five billion a year,” Sanders insists, “we could provide basic primary health care for every American. That?s how much it would cost, five billion.”

That works out to about $17 per person PER YEAR. If you believe this, you’re an idiot. This is so ludicrous, it doesn’t even qualify to fall under the header of the usual extreme left wing nonsense.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:03:00 +0000

God Damned Bullshit

“But for five billion a year,” Sanders insists, “we could provide basic primary health care for every American. That?s how much it would cost, five billion.”