Kleefisch (R) loves her state-funded health care but hates state-funded health care

**Charles Stover** · 16th October 2010 01:12 PM

Wisconsin Republican lieutenant governor candidate Rebecca Kleefisch, diagnosed with cancer a month ago, touts the treatments she received under her state-subsidized insurance plan at the same time she rails against government-run health care in a new television ad.

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Apparently she didn't realize she had state-funded health insurance?

:facepalm:

**Winn** · 16th October 2010 01:15 PM

Classic. Just classic. Another example of "do as I say, not as I do".

**NiteGuy** · 16th October 2010 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Winn

Classic. Just classic. Another example of "do as I say, not as I do".

Well, stupid is as stupid does....

**JayDubya** · 16th October 2010 04:11 PM

This is a ludicrous line of reasoning.

Most people get insurance benefits from the same place they get their wages: an employer.

Elected representatives, members of the military, and other public employees get their wages and benefits from tax money. You apparently are suggesting that every citizen should be treated as a public employee, I take it?

**Winn** · 16th October 2010 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by JayDubya

This is a ludicrous line of reasoning.

Most people get insurance benefits from the same place they get their wages: an employer.

Elected representatives, members of the military, and other public employees get their wages and benefits from tax money. You apparently are suggesting that every citizen should be treated as a public employee, I take it?

The point was the hypocrisy. Government officials with fully funded, tax payer supported and paid for health care, complain about public health care. Then turn around and use public health care.

If public health care is such a bad thing why is Kleefisch using it? Perhaps it would be best if she purchased her own health care out of pocket? That way the tax payers of her state wouldn't have to foot her now VERY expensive bill for cancer treatments.

Oh wait, there's one problem - she can't get private health insurance now. She has a pre-existing condition.... Cancer. Not only that, but she probably can't afford private life insurance either.

**GrumpyOM** · 16th October 2010 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by Charles Stover

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Apparently she didn't realize she had state-funded health insurance?

:facepalm:

WTH, state subsidized health care and government run health care are two totally different things. Hypocrisy my ass.

**Winn** · 16th October 2010 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by GrumpyOM

WTH, state subsidized health care and government run health care are two totally different things. Hypocrisy my ass.

No they are not. Who do you think runs Kleefisch's health care?

**GrumpyOM** · 17th October 2010 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Winn

No they are not. Who do you think runs Kleefisch's health care?

I assume she is free to use any physician and/or hospital of her choice, just like anyone else is. The fact that the state may pay her insurance premium, like most major companies do, sure as hell doesn't mean they "control the health care system".

**NiteGuy** · 17th October 2010 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by GrumpyOM

WTH, state subsidized health care and government run health care are two totally different things. Hypocrisy my ass.

Why yes, Grumpy, yes they are.

And yet, you can't seem to tell the difference between "government run" healthcare, and the healthcare reform bill, which does not "run" healthcare at all, except to mandate the everyone has health insurance, either through their employer, or on their own, via private insurance.

And Winn is certainly correct about one thing. If her husband fails to get re-elected to his State Representative position at the next election, or she fails to get elected, she would have been in a world of hurt trying to get health insurance prior to the health care reform bill being passed. She wouldn't be able to get insurance for anything cancer related, if she were able to get health insurance at all.

**Charles Stover** · 17th October 2010 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by NiteGuy

And yet, you can't seem to tell the difference between "government run" healthcare, and the healthcare reform bill, which does not "run" healthcare at all, except to mandate the everyone has health insurance, either through their employer, or on their own, via private insurance.

This. Health care reform is not socialized insurance nor socialized health care. It gives the people the same health care ability and treatment that Kleefisch had.