Health Care Reform Thought Bubble

2009-09-04 · explainer · John · 3:51 · watch on YouTube

Topic: US politics & society · mode: News analysis · tags: timely hook, guest or collab

An animated Thought Bubble version of John's health-care video: via Walkin' Tall, the boar that can't walk, John lays out the US reform options and argues America already has inefficient socialized medicine because it treats health care as a right.

Part of another source

This recording is almost entirely part of Health Care Overhaul Summarized Via MASSIVE PIG (2009-08-16); what is said in it is covered on that page.

What is said

• 00:00:00 — At the Indiana State Fair John saw Walkin' Tall, the world's largest boar, who reminds him of America's healthcare system
• 00:00:36 — Kill the pig, diet, or keep feeding: the debate; no death panels; two shared premises (too much GDP, unfair system)
• 00:01:06 — Unfairness (big employers, pre-existing conditions) and the three positions: public option, nonprofit insurers, keep feeding the pig
• 00:02:24 — America already has socialism and inefficient socialized medicine; health care as a right the government must protect

Threads in this video

• retold · John at the Indiana State Fair: Walkin' Tall the boar (2009) — The reused audio again tells of John's visit to the Indiana State Fair and Walkin' Tall, the world's largest boar. (00:00:04)
• restate · Should everyone be guaranteed health care? — John argues Americans treat health care as a right, since the uninsured are still treated, and that a government must protect that right. (00:02:57)
• asked · John asks viewers to subscribe to Thought Bubble (2009) — John's description asks viewers to subscribe to Thought Bubble, who animated his health-care audio. (video description)

Mentioned

Central: health care prices in the United States · Public option · United States · universal health care · Walkin' Tall

Also: Death panel · Health insurance cooperative · Indiana State Fair · pre-existing condition · socialism · United States Declaration of Independence

Only in the description or credits: Thought Bubble

Also centred on health care prices in the United States: The Political Situation at the County Fair · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals

Also centred on Public option: Health Care Overhaul Summarized Via MASSIVE PIG · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals

Also centred on universal health care: Ranting and Giving Stuff Away · Health Care Overhaul Summarized Via MASSIVE PIG · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor · Adorable Puppy Explains Health Care Bill · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform

Also centred on Walkin' Tall: Health Care Overhaul Summarized Via MASSIVE PIG

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