“we are on the road to rationed care”

November 19, 2009 in Life, the Universe and All that Jazz | 2 comments

and here’s another quote worth noting:

“Washington bureaucrats will invade “the privacy of the examination room,”

or maybe:

“health care reform is “a cruel hoax and a delusion.””

or maybe:

“denounced as a socialist program that would compete with private insurers and add to Americans’ tax burden so as to kill jobs.”

But before you think I’ve flipped my lid, you should know that these quotes are not ripped from today’s headlines, they come from the 1960s when the fight was over medicare and even earlier when the fight was over social security.

We can laugh now about how limited their speakers were in view of programs that have documented success at saving (and improving) lives, but these claims are the same ones we are hearing now when it comes to universal health care.

Will our children shake their heads at our newspaper headlines?

2 comments

  1. Luke Holzmann’s avatar

    Luke Holzmann on November 20, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Looking back at history is a very good thing to do as we try to look forward to the future. Thanks for sharing this. It gave me a grin [smile].

    ~Luke
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  2. Lynn’s avatar

    Lynn on November 20, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    Too bad Glenn Beck wasn’t around then to offer reform/rape comparisons such as: “We’re the young girl saying no, no help me, and the government is Roman Polanski”? :(

    So, our children need not wait to shake their heads! :)
    Lynn´s last blog ..When stuff backfires :( My ComLuv Profile

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