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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Saying that the American people are fed up with a disastrous Web site that doesnt work and never will, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) and a phalanx of congressional Republicans today unveiled their own health-care Web site, EmergencyRoom.gov.
At EmergencyRoom.gov, every American can access the one tried-and-true health-care system that has worked in this country for decades, he said.
While Healthcare.gov has frustrated many users with its difficult-to-navigate design, Rep. Cantor said that at EmergencyRoom.gov, Health care is just three easy steps away. One: enter your zip code. Two: see the list of emergency rooms. Three: get to the nearest one before you die.
The Virginia Republican wasted no time touting the cost savings of EmergencyRoom.gov, comparing it favorably with the notoriously expensive Obamacare site: Unlike Healthcare.gov, which private contractors built at a cost running into the hundreds of millions, EmergencyRoom.gov was built for nine hundred dollars by my intern Josh.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/10/gop-unveils-own-health-care-web-site-emergencyroomgov.html?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_Borowitz%20(191)
onethatcares
(16,178 posts)the boner showed the large empty book of what the puke healthcare law was?
they never got past that stage, evah.
lastlib
(23,262 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Gothmog
(145,435 posts)I love the Borowitz reports. Good satire is hard to find
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)chillfactor
(7,578 posts)have no idea of either the cost or wait times in an emergency room....their idea of reality is so off the wall it would be laughable if it were not downright disgusting
by the way..did we taxpayers pay for the costs associated with this "website?"
Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)DissidentVoice
(813 posts)Only if you're rich and healthy!
Roy Rolling
(6,925 posts)Just went to emergencyroom.gov and the website is down.
Bring Intern Josh in front of a Congressional committee....
SlipperySlope
(2,751 posts)The Republicans seem to be pretty bad at running a website. Unlike the official one, EmergencyRoom.gov doesn't even show an initial screen.