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Oct. 26th, 2008 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
labellementeuseGod. GOD. Can someone please explain to me why the words "socialised medicine" - oops, sorry, I meant "socialiZed medicine" - are so apparently terrifying to so many people? I was just watching this (Youtube trawling since everyone's talking about how hot Rachel Maddow is, which: so true, I may be in love) and, right: the point Buchanan seems to be making is that a federal programme which reduces the number of uninsured kids in America by half is *intrinsically* bad because it looks like/is creeping towards socialised medicine. Dude - if that's socialised medicine, doesn't that make socialised medicine a GOOD THING? kids with medical care? Isn't that a plus?
Every other developed nation - every single one - has some kind of public health care. The whole clip left me with the desire to shout at every American I know, just, what is WRONG with you people? (I mean, I like everyone on my flist and I respect you, but come on. COME ON. There is something SERIOUSLY wrong when the words "socialised medicine" are considered a good argument against *healthcare for children.*)
Every other developed nation - every single one - has some kind of public health care. The whole clip left me with the desire to shout at every American I know, just, what is WRONG with you people? (I mean, I like everyone on my flist and I respect you, but come on. COME ON. There is something SERIOUSLY wrong when the words "socialised medicine" are considered a good argument against *healthcare for children.*)
