‘Even if it worked, I would oppose it’

[KamaAina]

Ben Carson weighs in on Obamacare.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/even-if-it-worked-i-would-oppose-it

As hard as it may be to perceive right-wing neurosurgeon Ben Carson as a credible presidential candidate, he received a very warm welcome at Steve King’s “Iowa Freedom Summit” over the weekend, and Carson arguably delivered one of the more polished presentations of the gathering.

But on the substance of Carson’s remarks, one thing jumped out at me.

On the Affordable Care Act – which Carson has on several occasions compared to slavery – the famous former surgeon said he opposed any government intrusion in health care. “Even if it worked, I would oppose it,” Carson said of Obamacare. “It doesn’t.”

“I don’t believe in taking the most important thing a person has, which is their health and their health care, and putting it in the hands of the government,” he later added….

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Damn straight. Everyone knows your health and health care should be in the hands of

for-profit corporations who benefit most by denying you health care no matter how much insurance you buy, rather than a government that is at least nominally charged with serving the public, even if half of those in government office are working to undermine the government and make it unable to do anything but protect corporate interests.

[Thinkingabout]

2. He is a doctor and probably wants to be paid for his services and it would seem he

Would be for national health care, but guess he doesn't think health care is important. He us short in vision.

[valerief]

3. He's nothing but another whoring tool. nt

[treestar]

4. Dumb thing to say, because it's not in the hands of the government

Payment for it is what's partly in government hands.

[Maedhros]

5. Conservatives operate based upon a core set of unexamined assumptions:

"Liberals" hate America. "Government" just wants to steal from you. "Islam" is a religion of hate.

It is no use explaining how their assumptions are wrong - they won't listen.

[VanillaRhapsody]

6. and now it turns out to cost 20% less than anticipated...

Ben Carson is an asshole...

[seveneyes]

7. Mother, should I trust the government

It can sometimes be answered too quickly, but often never answered soon enough or correctly.