Olberman Speaks Out On The Inhumanity Of The Healthcare Vote (VIDEO)


Keith Olberman does not mince words and gave a stern message about the GOP’s treatment of Americans and their celebration over the recent healthcare vote in the House of Representatives. The cruel part is that there are many people with conditions, which could be well-managed with proper medical treatment and medication. However, under the bill The House passed last Thursday, people with conditions like diabetes could potentially die.

House Republicans, many of whom did not even read the bill, voted to repeal Obamacare in favor of the American Healthcare Act. The bill would essentially strip many Americans of their affordable coverage and ultimately healthcare period.

One of the most damaging things it does is wipe away the requirement for insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions.  Preexisting conditions include almost everything imaginable such as diabetes, cancer, genetic conditions, pregnancy, newborn care coverage, rape, and domestic violence to name only a few.

Basically, insurance does not have to cover ANYTHING!

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Olberman draws parallels between George F. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1903, and current Republican politicians. In front of a commission of 558 people, Baer attempted to justify horrible, slave-like working conditions in the coal mines. Many children worked long hours and were practically unpaid, and there were virtually no safety standards. This resulted in many grotesque injuries and deaths.

He defended the rich men who profited from it saying “These men don’t suffer. Hell! Half of them don’t even speak English!” It was said of him:

“His colleagues have been willing to paralyze the nation to affect not just at least 10% of the economy, but to at best inconvenience and to at worst literally threaten the lives of virtually all of its citizens.”

“They had a mandate to protect what their side believed, and their side had all the money.”

The stark similarities are frightening. Are they going to stand up and justify poor people dying because of the greed of the rich – and not just poor people but the average middle class person who will also drown to afford premiums and pay medical costs under such a selfish plan – “because Hell! Half of them don’t even vote Republican!”?

It’s really upsetting when you think about many of the people who are impacted by such a plan – cancer patients, newborn babies, special needs children, transplant patients, and pretty much all women. Olberman is right when he says:

“Man’s inhumanity to man lives on in Donald Trump and Paul Ryan and in every other so-called human being who fought to repeal the Affordable Care Act.”

Watch the video here:

 

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