Something to consider: What if we have another Spanish Flu type of epidemic, or worse?

[smirkymonkey]

Something as deadly as Ebola or an antibiotic resistant plague? If people are uninsured, they will not get the treatment they need and will continue to be out among the general public spreading disease like wildfire. The republican health plan could be absolutely disastrous in more ways than one and experts have predicted that we are due for another world changing epidemic or pandemic sometime in the near future.

Without a strong healthcare system that provides broad, affordable coverage, this could be a disaster of unbelievable proportions.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/09/books/books-of-the-times-a-frightening-portrait-of-a-threat-to-the-species.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. Republicans intend to cull the herd.

That's exactly what they're hoping for.

[smirkymonkey]

6. However, they are not immune.

Disease doesn't not discriminate.

[csziggy]

11. Masque of the Red Death... nt

[C_U_L8R]

20. They're not famous for thinking things through.

They're as dumb as they are mean.

[Turbineguy]

2. The republicans plan to pray

for Jesus and his magic show.

[smirkymonkey]

13. Hah! They will soon see how effective that is!

[Warren DeMontague]

3. There are tons of reasons for universal healthcare- public health, fiscal, moral

I mean, it makes sense from pretty much every angle you look at it, and what makes the most sense is a Single Payer system.

It would save everyone money AND save lives, the only problem is these assholes who are convinced it would force "me" to pay for "you"- except that's what insurance is, anyway.

[smirkymonkey]

8. As usual, they are short-sighted and only interested in short term gains.

They don't see what the potential fallout could be. If something like this does happen, it will be far more costly in the long run.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Well, sure. I mean we already know much about what happens because we had this situation

prior to the ACA. Sick people without insurance avoid preventative care and then show up at the ER.

When they can't pay, the rest of us do anyway.

It's idiotic. It makes less than no sense.

[lpbk2713]

4. It will be the poor people who will die off from no medical care.

And that is what all this shit is all about. You think they were happy after the vote was taken? Just wait till the stats start coming in about people who died from an epidemic.

[Warpy]

5. Not enough health care personnel or hospital capacity

even with single payer tomorrow to handle the people caught in any sort of a pandemic.

[Wounded Bear]

7. I've been saying this for years...

since way before Obamacare. It'll take a reincarnation of the Black Plague to change any Repub/Libertarian minds about the need for universal health care.

[smirkymonkey]

10. If an outbreak of a deadly disease can't be contained, there is nobody - rich or poor -

who will be safe. They seem to think they are immune.

[MicaelS]

12. Watch the movie "Contagion" by Stephen Soderberg.

You'll get an idea of what could happen.

[ucrdem]

14. Don't forget Zeka.

A little warm weather and the bugs will be out in force.

[smirkymonkey]

15. Not to mention the deadly diseases that could emerge from the melting of the permafrost

which could release deadly pathogens into the environment.

http://www.livescience.com/55632-deadly-diseases-emerge-from-global-warming.html

[ucrdem]

17. An outbreak of anything would knock Trumpcare off the rails

unless this is the year the talking heads finally stop scaremongering. Which could happen, though not voluntarily.

[Phoenix61]

18. Just read about that on another site

Scary stuff.

[malaise]

16. The only time the fugging ruling class give a damn is when there is an epidemic

or pandemic which touches them.

A pox on their houses has real meaning. There is nothing like a public health disaster to force change.
Sadly this bunch know more than all the fucking professionals in all spheres.
May the pox reach them first.

[mountain grammy]

19. This is a real possibility, especially with global warming

Melting permafrost and rising oceans...

Very scary times.