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Locked because this thread about a WH statement has gotten way off topic with personal insults and bickering.
Fern
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I just find this totally hilarious. It's actually quite sad, but any politician trying to pull something like this is very funny to me.
So, does the White House actually know if any single-payer health care system 'works pretty well?' And how does the White house define 'pretty well?'
Fern
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White House (CNSNews.com) - Two days after President Barack Obama told the American Medical Association that in some countries a single-payer health care system ?works pretty well,? the White House reaffirmed that people in those countries liked their health care, but also said it did not know to which countries the president was referring.
?I don?t know exactly the countries. I think if you talk to the people in the countries that have that system, they think their health care is pretty good,? White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com Wednesday during the daily press briefing.
Asked again if he knew specifically which countries, Gibbs replied: ?I assume Canada, Britain, maybe France. I don?t know the exact countries, but again, I don?t think the president is going way out on a limb that some people in other countries have a health care system that they like. Just as some Americans like the health care system that they have.?
I just find this totally hilarious. It's actually quite sad, but any politician trying to pull something like this is very funny to me.
So, does the White House actually know if any single-payer health care system 'works pretty well?' And how does the White house define 'pretty well?'