Vance Dubberly

For Republicans:

Would I take a government run public option over having to deal with 3 different insurance companies all of which have their own complex bureaucratic maze designed specifically to ensure they don’t have to pay out against any claim I file? Yes. I’m not worried about the government getting between my doctor and me it frankly couldn’t be any worse than it is now.  Patients Rights? Who do you think you’re kidding?

Also what’s this about having a choice of insurance companies? Maybe you make that kind of money but I don’t, and I’m middle class.  The company I work for subsidizes my health insurance and if I leave that and find my own I’m screwed. Let me make this clear, I’m in excellent health, I’m single with no children, I’m very low risk and getting a decent health, dental, and optical insurance plans would double my cost of living.

Also note that the “Free Market” often does solve problems. However ya’ll have consistently legislated against the “Free Market” and in favor corporate subsidies and lenient corporate liability. All bets are off, when you stop lying about supporting the free market you can use that language. Until then shut up.

For Democrats:

Hey guys the Republicans have a point. The best arguments against a public option is that the government will be able to determine who will live and who will die. The only thing is they can’t point to specific examples because they are the party most likely to make such decisions. So I’ll do it for ‘em.

Remember Terri Schiavo? I do. Remember Congress passing a law to force her to remain on life support?  This really concerns me. Let’s face it, you’re a politician, which means you are completely irrational and prone to making irrational decisions. The saving grace of our form of government is that it takes alot of nuts to make a pecan pie. However every once in awhile a big wind comes through and the next thing ya know we’re all eating pecan pies for a freakin’ year. My health is not to be at risk every time the wind blows, or every time some rambling moron mixes his metaphors.

I really don’t want the the “Right to Life” idiots forcing me to be stay on life support. I’d also prefer it if they didn’t interfere with reproductive issues including the big ol’ A word and of course birth control. A government run plan would likely put such issues and many others in the reach of a congressional vote or executive order.  Not acceptable.

For the public:

Eatin’ at McDonald’s lately? Krispy Creme? Enjoyed a nice juicy steak lately? I’m sorry but if your regularly sucking down crap and you’ve got high cholesterol you should be paying for your own meds out of your own pocket. Hey while you’re at it why not have another cigarette?  Chomp down a bag of chips or some ice cream while sittin’ on the couch watching America’s Got Talent. hhmmpphhfff Americans got a hedonism problem that’s what America’s got.  Case and point, Viagra is covered under most insurance plans.  That’s freakin’ insane.

You do have a right to enjoy life, but you don’t have a right to expect me to pay for it. Public plan or private plan it’s our obsession with crap that’s got costs so high.  Get off your fat rump, go get some exercise, and try eating a meal that doesn’t contain 200% of your daily fat intake and maybe you’ll be able to get it up. Insurance isn’t the  price you pay for indulging your every self-destructive impulse, it’s the thing that covers the cost of the unforseen and unpreventable. You wouldn’t expect to buy me a new car if I drove mine off a cliff for fun. I don’t expect to pay for your chemo-therapy if you smoke, your bi-pass if you eat bacon, or your kids ADD if you let the TV baby sit them.

For me:

You really should go to the doctor more. You’re going to end up with cancer that could have been cured cheaply if you’d have just made it in for that yearly check up. Hypocrite!