John Oliver
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Hawaii. Not only is it an island paradise, it's also been held up as a model for healthcare reform. Here, government mandates that businesses give health insurance to any employee working over 20 hours a week, resulting in near universal coverage. Which made it the perfect place for the Republican National Committee to hold their annual meeting and deliver one key message.
Hawaii. Not only is it an island paradise, it's also been held up as a model for healthcare reform. Here, government mandates that businesses give health insurance to any employee working over 20 hours a week, resulting in near universal coverage. Which made it the perfect place for the Republican National Committee to hold their annual meeting and deliver one key message.
Do you think the American people should be thanking the Republican Party for destroying the healthcare bill?
Do you think the American people should be thanking the Republican Party for destroying the healthcare bill?
But for some reason, Hawaiians didn't understand how bad their own system was. Healthcare is awesome, you know, especially with my baby.
But for some reason, Hawaiians didn't understand how bad their own system was. Healthcare is awesome, you know, especially with my baby.
You have health insurance. This guy has health insurance. The guy with a skateboard and without functioning shoelaces. How the f*** does that work out? Even visitors to the island were initially impressed.
You have health insurance. This guy has health insurance. The guy with a skateboard and without functioning shoelaces. How the f*** does that work out? Even visitors to the island were initially impressed.
Until a few days later when they realized they'd been tricked into receiving socialized care.
Until a few days later when they realized they'd been tricked into receiving socialized care.
Luckily, Republicans were here to save Hawaiians from themselves. What would you say to Hawaiians who say, I have government mandated health care and I love it?
Luckily, Republicans were here to save Hawaiians from themselves. What would you say to Hawaiians who say, I have government mandated health care and I love it?
Yes.
Yes.
Right. And what would you say to a Hawaiian who said, what? That's meaningless. That's just a bit of folksy nonsense that doesn't have any real substance.
Right. And what would you say to a Hawaiian who said, what? That's meaningless. That's just a bit of folksy nonsense that doesn't have any real substance.
What if that Hawaiian then said, OK, you've got that chance, dazzle me?
What if that Hawaiian then said, OK, you've got that chance, dazzle me?
These poor bastards just didn't realize they were living in a socialist nightmare, forced to scrounge for a living, unable even to afford shirts, many driven to suicide. But for those who do survive, what will their world look like?