Healthcare Policy Debaters Mugs

The Republican View of Healthcare

US bishops given contraception lifeline.

"She's fine. She just needs some tofu."

'Have you heard about the new Medicare drug plan called plan C? Medicare gives you $30 for a bus ticket to Canada!'

'I'll see your Social Security Supplement and raise you Medicare and a Canadian pharmacy ID.'

'You're clearly not well, just keep taking these until we run out of them.'

An Arm and a Leg.

Profits for Big Pharma

Antibiotics versus probiotics: A battle of wills.

'Legislature' doctor scratching his head over a syringe marked 'Free market Principles' with those marked 'Regulations' in the bin

Today's Banking Industry: "We're too big to regulate!"

Doctor's profits match a patient's scar.

'I'm holding firm against any government health plan.'

Joe Lieberman rehearses the Filibuster dance.

"I hope that you're not refusing free dental care for ideological reasons."

'In order for the new Health Care Bill to pass, we'll need to remove the option of Health and Care, and give taxpayers the bill.'

Vaping cigarette

"While we do appreciate your diligence... It's not the store's policy to shoot shoplifters!"

'Come on fellas! I was just kidding about the 'pay their fair share' stuff!'

Warning: Birth control pills carry a history of heart attack or stroke....

"You're right, Obamacare doesn't cover everything."

"The new lockdown guidelines are that up to ten people can go to funerals and ten thousand to demonstrations."

"She's fine. She just needs some tofu."

"A terminal illness? That's seen as a weakness in my business."

No Tread on Me

'Take two aspirins and call Obama in the morning!'

Anti-Vaxxers aren't stupid. They just need to be convinced!

"It's totally unfair! I can't vape but you can cook with gas?!"

'No, I'm not the famous heart surgeon, but I charge exactly what he charges...'

I've got Extreme Partisanship Syndrome? Is there such a thing? It's going around. It's acute anxiety caused by someone one the other side of the aisle. Feels like a heart attack. Absurd. That's what the right wing says about universal health care. Universal care is absurd?! I rest my case. Heart seizing! Can't ... breathe ...

Quack Medicine

Be Right There

"This is all Obama's fault! If he hadn't invented the Affordable Care Act, we wouldn't be in this mess..!"

'You don't need to worry about your records being sold to the highest bidder..they'll bugger it up and sell them off cheap.'

'You'll never convince me that phone masts aren't a health risk.'