By Pat and Gary Larson
Ely, Minnesota
My husband, a veteran, and I had a good chuckle when we read the protest sign being held in a photo on the front page of the Jan. 6 News Tribune. It read, “NO Socialized Medicine.”
The man holding it was quoted in the accompanying story saying he “comes from a family with a long history of military service, but federal health care rubs him the wrong way” (“Open mic at the Capitol; Dayton opens floor to critics of health-care overhaul”).
We wonder whether the man ever received Medicare benefits? That’s socialized medicine.
Has he or anyone in his family ever received health care at a Veterans Administration clinic? That’s socialized medicine.
Seems like the man, like many others, wants the benefits of “socialized medicine” but don’t want others to participate in the system.
We wish we could thank him for providing us chuckles.
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