REPLACE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WILL DO
AWAY WITH SOME PROTECTIONS AMERICANS NEED UNDER THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
STUDENT ZOE SALISBURY WANTS TO TAKE ACTION,
SHE WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO LAWMAKERS THAT THEY ARE HAVING A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON A LOT OF AMERICANS.
SHE SET OUT TO MAKE
GOP POLITICIANS FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR VOTE,
LAUNCHING SOMETHING KNOWN AS MAIL ME TO THE GOP.COM, A
WEBSITE THAT PLEDGES TO SEND YOUR ASHES TO A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS SHOULD YOU DIE BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE
PLAN.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BUT YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEND THE ASHES OF
AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGH THE MAIL, BUT IT HAS TO BE THROUGH THE
POSTAL SERVICE.
WE DO HAVE A PICTURE SHOWING WHAT THE PACKAGE
MIGHT LOOK LIKE -- YOU CAN SEND THIS TO A POLITICIAN WHO VOTED
IN FAVOR OF REPEALING AND REPLACING THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
GUARANTEED, TRACKED, INSURED.
ISN'T THAT FUNNY?
ITS PRIORITY MAIL, THE GUY
IS DEAD.
WHAT'S
THE HURRY?
TAKE YOUR TIME, THAT COULD BE A FIVE-DAY GROUND DELIVERY.
WE WILL WALK THIS ONE TO PHOENIX.
I WONDER IF IT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THESE LEGISLATORS?
NO.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO LOOKS THROUGH THEIR MALE, AND IF
YOU GET A PACKAGE OF ASHES --
RACHEL MADDOW HAD A CONGRESSMAN -- THE CLIP OF A
CONGRESSMAN DURING THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, THIS ONE GUY,
THIS WOMAN SPOKE TO HIM AND SHE SAID I HAVE A BRAIN TUMOR, THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT COVERED ME, I'M SCARED THE MEDICATION I GET
WON'T -- YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME -- AND HE'S A HUMAN BEING AND HE
HUGGED HER.
I GOT IT, I GOT IT. AND HE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE
TRUMPCARE.
I DON'T THINK A BOX OF REMAINS WILL HAVE A MORE
POWERFUL MOMENT THAN HUGGING A WOMAN WITH A BRAIN TUMOR THAT
YOU ARE MAKING A PROMISE TO, THEN YOU GO BACK AND DON'T.
RACHEL MADDOW HAD HER ON THE SHOW, NOT THE CONGRESSMAN.
YOU ARE POOH-POOHING THE IDEA OF THE ASHES?
ONLY POLITICS WINS.
TAPPING INTO THEIR HUMANITY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
SOME OF THEM LACK HUMANITY.
WE NEED SOMEONE OUT THERE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON A REGULAR
BASIS, ARGUING FOR -- WHETHER WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE
SINGLE-PAYER WILL WIN -- BUT AT MINIMUM TO PRESERVE THIS, AND
ONCE THIS IS PRESERVED, WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN IS
THAT THEN THIS GROWS, WE SEE THE PROBLEMS IN THIS AND THE
PROBLEMS WITH OBAMACARE ARE THEN FIXED, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIX THEM.
TAKE THE PROFIT MOTIVE OUT OF IT?
THEN IT GOES AND GOES AND YOU HAVE SINGLE-PAYER.
IMAGINE IF THEY TRIED TO SET UP SOCIAL SECURITY THE WAY THEY
SET UP THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT?
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE A
LOT OF HEDGE FUNDS THAT MAKE MONEY OFF SOCIAL SECURITY.
IT
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, NOW THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE IN
FAVOR -- SINGLE-PAYER IS MORE POPULAR THAN OBAMACARE, AND
OBAMACARE GREW IN POPULARITY WHEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT IT WOULD
BE TAKEN AWAY, SINGLE-PAYER IS STILL MORE POPULAR.