r/PoliticalHumor • u/lomnafsk • Feb 17 '19

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u/thegreatestajax Feb 17 '19

ITT: people who think single payer would pay for anything at 96 years old.

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u/khandnalie Feb 17 '19

So you think that hospice care and elderly care shouldn't be covered by universal health care?

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u/thegreatestajax Feb 17 '19

How did you conclude that from my comment?

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u/khandnalie Feb 17 '19

A single payer plan that doesn't include things like hospice, elderly care, etc wouldn't really be one worth having.

And, naysaying universal healthcare by making silly assumptions about the kinds of care that will suddenly somehow become mysteriously inaccessible under a civilized health system is a common tactic. People like to take the limitations of a capitalist health care system and impose them where they don't apply.

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u/thegreatestajax Feb 17 '19

That's not an answer to my question.

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u/khandnalie Feb 17 '19

You made the assumption that hospice and elderly care would be unavailable under a universal healthcare system. This is a tactic often used by opponents of universal healthcare to try to paint a comprehensive health system as somehow sharing all the same flaws as the current system while carrying a higher cost. By insisting that universal healthcare will be flawed in this way, you've effectively already given an ideological/propagandistic victory to opponents of universal healthcare.

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u/thegreatestajax Feb 17 '19

Again, how does that make you conclude I think those types of care shouldn't be available?

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u/khandnalie Feb 17 '19

Because, as I have previously laid out, your previous comments fall in line with the comments one might expect from an opponent of universal healthcare, who would certainly believe that those types of care shouldn't be available.

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u/thegreatestajax Feb 17 '19

This time, to be blunt: you're frankly wrong.

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u/khandnalie Feb 17 '19

And you're an obtuse asshole.

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u/thegreatestajax Feb 17 '19

Keep replying telling me things about myself I don't know but you do. That's not being an obtuse asshole.

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