Slog - Comments on Gee, Thanks http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks More than 83,000 adults have entered a state-sponsored lottery that will provide health insurance to 3,000 randomly selected people, a fraction of Oregon's 600,000 uninsured. The lottery, the Oregonian notes, though "cruel," will also "serve the greater good as a jarring reminder of just how broken the U.S. health care system really is." Um, I'm sure the 597,000 people who won't be getting health insurance this week will be glad to hear that.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:29:47 -0800 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:11:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gloria Isn't it 80,000 that won't be getting health care? You can't win if you don't play! Come on, sick people.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956319 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:30:29 -0800 Comment by apres_moi Finally, you start to focus your attention away from the election to something more worthwhile :)

]]> apres_moi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956337 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:39:56 -0800 Comment by Giffy Wait, what?

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956343 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:44:46 -0800 Comment by Adam Snot heads, Erica is trying to tell you to get off your asses and go to work for national health care

And it is part of the election, stupid, if you think John Mc Cain cares about the uninsured you are a fool

]]> Adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956347 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956347 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:47:32 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sure he cares about the uninsured. Who else can he get to fight his 100 Year War?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956363 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:57:00 -0800 Comment by Anon How is giving 3,000 people healthcare cruel? Sorry, 'cruel'. What a bunch of 'fuckers'.

]]> Anon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956438 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956438 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:57:39 -0800 Comment by David Wright Instead of paying the full cost of coverage for a random small fraction of those elligible, why not offer a small subsidy to the whole lot? More people would be insured, and they would be paying more of the cost themselves.

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/gee_thanks#c956721 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:11:56 -0800