Goverment-Funded Health Care? We're Already Two-Thirds There

By Sara Robinson

Created 03/06/2009 - 3:58pm

"Americans don't need socialized medicine!" Uncle Con bellows. You really want to stop Uncle Con in mid-breath? Simple. Recite these statistics concerning who already gets most or all of their health care via some form of government-subsidized system.

My fictitious conservative uncle—let's call him Uncle Con—is at it again.

"Americans don't need socialized medicine!" he bellows, doing his very best Rush Limbaugh impression—which pretty much lets you know where this particular set of talking points came from. (When he whines, you know he's been listening to Bill O'Reilly. If he comes across willfully ignorant and pugnacious, he's been hitting the Hannity hard again. Try it at home: Field ID on right-wing talking points = hours of fun for the whole family!)