Sue Lowden's plan to pay for health care?

[Pirate Smile]

Run time: 01:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZezfjWox5s   Posted on YouTube: April 21, 2010 By YouTube Member: ProgressNowNevada Views on YouTube: 315   Posted on DU: April 22, 2010 By DU Member: Pirate Smile Views on DU: 827

 
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ChickenCare Goes Viral

Perhaps inevitably, as you can see in the picture at the left, a progressive group has now created a special ChickenCare dance remix of senate candidate Sue Lowden's proposal to bring down health care costs by adopting a barter economy in medical care.

A bit more seriously though, this does put the Nevada senate race into a certain clarifying perspective. The Health Care Reform bill wasn't Harry Reid's bill -- ideas and strategy from lots of people went into it. And many people had endless criticisms of how he managed the process over the course of 2009 and 2010. At the end of the day, though, it passed. The Senate is where it happened. And Reid was central to the entire thing. That is an historic accomplishment. If his career in politics ends in January, his place in history will be secure.

So on the one side you have Harry Reid, a key architect of comprehensive Health Care Reform, the product of decades of activism, in all its messiness and policy complexity.

And on the other you have Sue Lowden, who thinks bartering livestock and other commodities for health care services from doctors is a way to rein in spiraling health care costs. (If you think that's an exaggeration, take a minute and watch this video.) There's no end of comedic possibilities thinking through the logistical and logical difficulties of managing co-pays and long-term care and drug costs in chickens and other barter payment. But step and give it a serious look and ... well, this is this woman's take on confronting medical inflation. It's funny and also sad. But as a contrast it's stark and painful.

Seriously, think about it for a minute.

--Josh Marshall

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/04/chickencare_goes_viral.php?ref=fpblg

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Aha!!! NOW I understand why one of my neighbors has started keeping chickens in her backyard..

REALLY!!

I was walking my dog last week and heard the cluck cluck cluck..and thought I was going crazy.
Another neighbor told me that in fact, the neighbor had built a chicken coop with lights and heating and had a flock of chickens!!

[Divine Discontent]

12. BWAHAHA, that must be what the neighbor's up to! preparing for a med visit! Can you believe this

candidate suggests people barter with doctors for med care??? seriously, totally batsh*t crazy. They'd laugh you out or call the cops on you. I wanna tell her, this ain't 1790 hun!

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Bats**t crazy is the best and only true description. Anything else is understating the facts.

[muntrv]

2. So, will her employer switch to bartering? I'm not holdin' my breath.

[derby378]

3. The official theme song of ChickenCare!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UV3kRV46Zs

[kas125]

7. Oh, nnnooooo, it's Lawrence Welk again, lol!!! Last week

a friend posted a link on facebook and the song keeps getting stuck in my head until I want to scream even though I laughed like a lunatic the first time I saw it. Every time I forget about it, some other friend posts it again! In case you're curious, it's this one : "Toking" with Lawrence Welk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg I crack up every time he says, "and now you've heard a modern spiritual"

[Grassy Knoll]

4. Boy, did this boost the number one , er two thing.......

on the teabaggers list to get Harry Reid out.
WOO HOO . :rofl:

[timefortherevolution]

5. This is Gold.

Pure gold.

My god, these people are nuts.

[Pirate Smile]

8. I love it. This is a perfect meme for mocking the hell out of these folks. They aren't serious

people regarding legislating. I think (hope?) this really could help Harry.

[Marthe48]

6. If a doctor's a quack

would he take ducks?

[cyclezealot]

10. Remember the FLA Dr. who refused Obama voters..

Let's get his Gopper patients to pay him in chickens..

[doc03]

9. How about paying Sue lowden in chicks

http://www.randallburkey.com/Rhode-Island-Reds/productinfo/80279/110%7C113

[Boudica the Lyoness]

11. What?

Most doctors will not even let you make an appointment if you don't have health insurance. It doesn't matter if you tell them you will pay cash - you still can't get an appointment.
She is so out of touch. You can't barter.
No wonder this country has become the laughing stock of the world. It's like some impoverished village in a third world county.

[Tx4obama]

13. I wanna see some doctors take a truck load of chickens to a car dealer to buy a car!

LOL ;)

How many chickens equal a Mercedes?
How many chickens to pay for a round of golf? Can ya image a golf course full of chickens running around? ;)
What if the doctor is a vegetarian? Will he accept a bushel of tomatoes? :)

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Don't tell me they cloned Peggy Noonan!

:wtf: :banghead: