MSNBC Reports Democrats Want to Eliminate Private Health Insurance!
August 18, 2009
Lots of my friends suggest that Fox is spreading lies and engaged in fear mongering. I was listening to MSNBC and I keep hearing the same sort of information that when reported on Fox are called lies and fear mongering. What specifically? Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) suggests that Democrats want to eliminate private health insurance altogether.
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) returned to the ObamaCare battle on MS-NBC’s Morning Joe today, preaching the public-plan gospel just as he did yesterday on CNBC. However, this time, Joe Scarborough goaded Weiner into a little more honesty than he’s offered on the effort to “reform” health care. Declaring that “health care is not a commodity,” Weiner says his aim is to eliminate all private insurance — which is why he will not yield on the public-plan option:
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The key points are at 2:31, 4:44, 5:15, 7:15 – the key section at 5:15 as transcribed by Hot Air below:
S: It sounds like you’re saying you think there is no need for us to have private insurance in health care.
W: I’ve asked you three times. What is their value? What are they bringing to the deal?
S: Again… I’m astounded by your question. It sounds like you’re suggesting that there’s no need to have a country that’s run on free market principles.
W: Time out. Let’s focus on one thing at a time. This isn’t a commodity, Joe. Health care isn’t a commodity.
S: You’re saying that health care is different than everything else.
W: Health care is not a commodity.
S: But you are making the conservatives’ point. You are making the point of the people at the town hall meetings who say this is Barack Obama’s opportunity to get rid of private health care and turn it completely over to the government. I’m sitting here stunned, saying Oh My God, you’re making the point of the health care protesters.
W: If Barack Obama doesn’t want to do it, I want to do it.
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