Dylan Ratigan Calls Out Pete King's Talking Points on the Health Care Bill
By Heather Thursday Nov 05, 2009 7:52pm
While I definitely do not agree with Dylan Ratigan on a host of issues, the one thing I've found refreshing about his show is that the guests had better not come on there and start spouting mindless talking points without expecting to be challenged on them--because they will be if they do, and forcefully as Betsy McCaughey found out the hard way about a month ago. Rep. Pete King was no exception today. With some help from Chrystia Freeland, Ratigan calls out Rep. Pete King for distorting what's in the House health care bill.
King asked for everyone to come join the Tea Baggers "press conference" on Capitol hill today and trotted out the tired old line about being able to buy insurance across state lines as a cost saving measure and allowing people "the freedom to choose" their health insurance provider. He also said that 85% of people are happy with their insurance companies and that Pelosi's plan would "cancel every policy".
Ratigan pointed out that it is not true that people are happy with their insurance companies and that the GOP bill would not assure more choices. Freeland noted that allowing people to cross state lines to buy insurance would just mean a race to the bottom and companies going to the states with the least regulations and make it even harder with people with pre-existing conditions to get coverage.
King and the rest of the GOP have nothing but the same tired rhetoric to offer on what their idea of “reform” is. They’re more worried about getting the Tea Baggers whipped into a frenzy than anything that resembles legislating.
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Love how the "market" is not even debated, but is the de facto solution to the problem. Also love how King repeats his "choice" mantra while giving the wing-nut talking points re: Tort reform. So choice means deregulating the health insurance companies to do what they want, and then take away the consumer's choice when they get screwed.
See, Republicans grade the health care system based on how much profit the insurance companies make while Democrats and other sane people grade it as how healthy the people are. IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE why Republicans would rank it #1 while the WHO and the world ranks us #37
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