Have the politicians use publicly financed systems. Given the choice, would they? Of course not:
Stephen Robertson is Minister of Health for Queensland, the third most populous state of Australia where he oversees the taxpayer-supported, government-run, public health care system. Australia has long waiting lists for diagnostic tests, appointments with specialists, and surgery. Mercifully, Australia (unlike Canada) also has private hospitals as an alternative to the public queue. Last week, when Health Minister Robertson needed an operation, guess where he chose to have it done?
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Willing to spend out of his own pocket so he could be back on the job sooner. He’s a hero.
Must be election year.
Having our US Congressmen to have to buy insurance on the individual market or enroll in Medicare–either would be a healthy dose of reality for those guys.
Seems to me that Congress passed a law a while back that laws affecting the general public must also apply to federal officials.
I’m sure that Hillarycare of 1993 would assure that Hillary and Friend received the very best of medical care, while routing us peons to the queue.
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