Jeb! Bush Publicly Endorses Obamaphones to Replace Obamacare

Robisan · May 16, 2015

Actually, he ups the ante suggesting Apple Watches, which require a late model iPhone to work, as a suitable replacement for Obamacare, so free iPhones and Apple Watches for everyone!

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Surprise!! Jeb Bush publicly endorses Obamaphones for everyone!!

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[Explaining origins of the Lifeline program started by noted socialist president Saint Ronald Reagan] Owing to the fact that people generally need phones to apply for jobs and enroll their children in school, and elderly citizens need to be able to call their families and emergency services, the government decided in the '80s (under Ronald Reagan, no less) to institute the Lifeline Assistance program. In 1996, Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act into law, which offered either cell phones or landline services to low-income Americans. [See: Reagan + Clinton = Presto Obamaphones!]

Today, 38 states, one of which is Ohio, participate in the Lifeline program. If you live in one of those locales and your income is at or below 135 percent of the poverty line, or if you qualify for certain benefit programs like Medicaid and TANF, you can apply for a free cell phone that offers you 250 minutes of talk time per month.

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Well, here's Jeb "The Smart One" Bush in Tempe, Arizona yesterday, explaining his solution to healthcare coverage for people once he, as President (oh, wait, he's not officially running yet!) has successfully repealed the Affordable Care Act:

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In Tempe, the Republican presidential hopeful told an audience that he wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with some kind of consumer-driven system a popular phrase among GOP politicians, which no doubt polled well in focus groups. Bush then explained his vision for his new Apple Watch fits into his health care vision:

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On this device in five years will be applications that will allow me to manage my health care in ways that five years ago were not even possible. Ill have the ability, someone will, you know, because of my blood sugar, therell be a wireless, therell be, someone will send me a signal. Itll come here, Ill get a double beep saying, You just ate a butterscotch sundae or something like that. You went way over the top. Youre a diabetic, you cant do that, whatever.

Well be able to guide our own health care decisions in a way that will make us healthy. And ultimately, we have to get to a health system, away from a disease system.
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For a "policy wonk" and the "smart one" there are some pretty basic problems here. First off, the Apple Watch doesn't come automatically equipped with a bunch of "someones" who are there just to monitor his blood sugar and make the device go beep. He needs an actual doctor who has evaluated his health, and his diabetes, who will give him the information he needs to make that device work for him. In order to see that doctor he needs, guess what!, health insurance. Which millions of people will lose if Obamacare is repealed like he wants it to be.
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As amazing as Apple's newest electronic gizmo is (and yes, I'm a long-time Apple/Mac fanboy), the fact remains that for now, at least, you also need to have a newer-model iPhone on hand in order for the Watch to even work. It doesn't have to be a brand-new model; Apple says it'll work with the iPhone 5, 5s, 5c, 6 or 6+.

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The logical takeaway of all this is that as far as I can tell, Republican former Florida Governor and not-officially-running Presidential Candidate Jeb "Terri Schiavo" Bush has just openly called for 8-14 million poor/working-class Americans to receive a free iPhone (and possibly a free Apple Watch, although that part was a bit fuzzy) as his replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Perhaps I misunderstood him.
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jkcerda · May 16, 2015

Try reading your article again, you missed the "snark" part of it

Robisan · May 16, 2015

jkcerda said: ↑

Try reading your article again, you missed the "snark" part of it
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No, I didn't. Snark is just a prism to see the absurdity of truth.

bradl · May 17, 2015

Robisan said: ↑

No, I didn't. Snark is just a prism to see the absurdity of truth.
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And what you believe to be the truth is definitely absurd.

BL.

citizenzen · May 17, 2015

jkcerda said: ↑

Try reading your article again, you missed the "snark" part of it
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And you missed the factual part of it.

Which part do you think is more important?

jnpy!$4g3cwk · May 17, 2015

It sounds like Jeb was daydreaming out loud about doctors and the practice of medicine becoming obsolete via smartphones and the cloud.

I have similar daydreams. I keep hoping that the need for lawyers, accountants, CEOs, and politicians will become similarly obsolete.

iBlazed · May 17, 2015

jnpy!$4g3cwk said: ↑

It sounds like Jeb was daydreaming out loud about doctors and the practice of medicine becoming obsolete via smartphones and the cloud.

I have similar daydreams. I keep hoping that the need for lawyers, accountants, CEOs, and politicians will become similarly obsolete.
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In Back To The Future II, Doc said that by 2015 we abolished all lawyers. He was wrong. Unless something changes between now and October 21st....

citizenzen · May 17, 2015

jnpy!$4g3cwk said: ↑

It sounds like Jeb was daydreaming out loud ...
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Testing out concepts ... throwing spitballs against the wall and hoping one sticks.

APlotdevice · May 17, 2015

iBlazed said: ↑

In Back To The Future II, Doc said that by 2015 we abolished all lawyers. He was wrong. Unless something changes between now and October 21st....
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Or something has already changed...

Perhaps a band of rebel lawyers stole the DeLorean and went back in time to restore their power! Then put DeLorean out of business so that no one could go back again and set things right!

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