STRANGELY, HEALTH CARE INVOLVES CARING FOR HEALTH. Continuing the health care theme on TAPPED today, I wanted to point out that one funny thing about conservatives is that they consistently forget that health care involves making people not sick which is not analogous to, say, making them able to drive a car. For example:
Maybe we should also make these people eligible for food stamps, housing subsidies, and free cigarettes. Why should anyone have to pay for anything anymore?
Come on, people! We're talking about whether the government should pay for your two kids' health insurance plans when you make more than $51,000 a year (more than the new national median income). I know that health insurance is not cheap, but neither are your mortgage and car insurance. You're not going to ask the government to pay for those too, are you?
Really? David Freddoso can't see any difference between buying health care for children and cigarettes for adults? And if adults choose not to insure their kids for whatever reason, what then? Tough luck for the kid? Also, the image of a bunch of conservatives sitting around the offices of the National Review saying to each-other "$51,000 a year is plenty of money!" is pretty hilarious. Finally, you've gotta love the condescension in the "these people" phrase.
--Sam Boyd
