The Rudy Health Care "Solution" [The Questionable Authority]

Published: July 31, 2007, 2:33 pm

Tags: campaign 2008

Rudy Giuliani just announced his health care plan. It's not a winner. Of course, Rudy being Rudy, he couldn't just announce what his ideas are without any preparation. First, he had to warm up by spending a day or two imitating a wingnut talk radio host and calling the Democratic candidates "socialists" and who belong to a "party of losers" and are all "heading for France" (or, alternatively, "Cuba"). He also said that it's "unrealistic" to expect a system where "everyone is taken care of from cradle to grave." The core of the Rudy plan is really nothing new. From the looks of things, he dusted off the President's "Better Healthcare Through Tax Cuts" plan. That was the non-starter from back in January, with the President proposing tax breaks for people who buy private health insurance. Rudy's added some things to it - like making it easier for the insurance industry to make money by providing health care plans that are completely inadequate: Read the rest of this post... Read

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