National Health Plan to Contain $2 Trillion Deductible

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Andy Borowitz BorowitzReport.com
Posted May 13, 2009

National Health Plan to Contain $2 Trillion Deductible

Hopes for a quick fix for the nation's health insurance woes were dampened somewhat today when the medical industry released its draft proposal for a plan that would include a $2 trillion deductible.

"We know that some critics will regard this number as a little on the high side," said Carol Foyler, a spokesperson for the American Medical Association, who had a hand in drafting the plan. "But bear in mind, once America reaches that $2 trillion number, everything is covered at fifty percent."

...The AMA spokesperson said that the health industry was looking to cut costs in other ways, such as creating a 50,000 square-foot "national waiting room" on the site of an abandoned Chrysler plant in Flint, Michigan.

The proposal has it share of other controversial features, including a pharmaceutical plan that consists of a plane ticket to Canada.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/national-health-plan-to-c_b_202992.html

[Why Syzygy]

1. They are insane!

"The Medical Industry" isn't interested in providing any service!
They see this as just a huge chunk of fat, and are grabbing for it at all costs.
Maybe TMI should be shunned while the rest of us work on the solution.

[regnaD kciN]

2. Uh...I assume you know this is humor, don't you?

Andy Borowitz is a comedian who writes a weekly parody of news stories.

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3. but the court jester does speak the truth, doesn't he?

and well?

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4. Wonder why it seemed so realistic?

I thought the plane tickets were over the top, but it isn't too far afield, I would wager.