Back in the States, you might be saying ‘Wait a second — we’re locked in this kind of partisan debate over the future of healthcare in our own country.’ Here, they feel so strongly about their healthcare system, they’re actually celebrating it as part of the Olympic opening ceremony.
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NBC announcer MATT LAUER, expressing amazement that “doctors and nurses from the National Health Service” are “getting this kind of recognition” as part of the Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies.
Somewhere, a Republican expressed disgust at the idea of universal healthcare and turned off his TV.
(via inothernews)