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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
Sun May 7, 2017, 09:11 PM May 2017

Maybe we should just call it Deathcare. The Repubican Deathcare Bill

Why pretend that it has anything to do with health when tens of millions would lose coverage because of it? Passing it would be a death sentence for tens of thousands of Americans. And bankrupt rural hospitals while they are at it. Why make it sound a single modicum more innocuous than the truth?

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Maybe we should just call it Deathcare. The Repubican Deathcare Bill (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo May 2017 OP
Better to eliminate any reference to "Care" Mme. Defarge May 2017 #1
The Duty to Die Act should be the formal name. Tom Rinaldo May 2017 #6
KNr Lucinda May 2017 #2
K&R smirkymonkey May 2017 #3
The Deathcare Bill ought to include a special tax credit for... undertakers. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #4
WealthyCare, because the real purpose is tax cuts for the 2% and bigger yachts. L. Coyote May 2017 #5

Mme. Defarge

(8,012 posts)
1. Better to eliminate any reference to "Care"
Sun May 7, 2017, 10:36 PM
May 2017

in the title of the Republican bill and, more accurately, name it the Duty to Die Act. It's more accurate and honest, and has some catchy alliteration.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
6. The Duty to Die Act should be the formal name.
Mon May 8, 2017, 08:42 AM
May 2017

In public chatter the word "care" is always going to be used in references to it. So I think linking their version of "care" linked to "death" has a direct honest ring to it.

The Duty to Die Act does have catchy alliteration. And Death Care has the same number of syllables and most of the exact same letters as Health Care.

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