In a diary a couple of days ago in a diary about a Facebook Obamacare discussion I mentioned that I gave a teahadist FB commenter a ten question quiz Obamacare quiz to ascertain whether he even knew what he was talking about. He of course ducked the questions and used some lame excuse about respecting the person who had initiated the FB post and thus wasn't going to sully the electronic page with a response. In any event, somebody suggested I post the ten questions for free use by others. So here they are - in no particular order except how they came into my head as I typed them out. Follow below the 19th century stylized Satan Signature
1. Death panels? Yes or no?
2. Abortion covered? Yes or no? (slightly tricky, because you can buy the coverage, but you have to pay the premium differential yourself, so I call this a "no" since no goverment funds (even subsidies) are allowed to support that part of the premium
3. Illegal aliens covered? Yes or no? (why is this even here? That was an early "give" from the Ds)
4. Government run healthcare? Yes or no? (If they could only understand the difference between government giving business to insurance companies versus Britain's National Health Service, but the concept escapes them)
5. Have to give up your doctor? Yes or no? (unfortunately ignorant, hateful, or unscrupulous physicians often feed this one)
6. Pre-existing condition exclusions gone? Yes or no? (fingers in ears by this point)
Able to stay on parents plan till 26? Yes or no?
7. Employer exemption for small business? Yes or no? (I don't get into what "small" is because again, these folks are NOT good on details)
8. No co-pays or deductibles for preventive care services? Yes or no? (elbows now in ears)
9. Support for evidence based care? Yes or no? (again, no details because, well, you now why - it would entail discussing "science" and "evidence")
10. Freebie - he got to make up his own question and answer so he wouldn't score ZERO on the quiz.
So anyway - there you have it. I'd love to see what T/F questions others could come up with, as I think it is a really nice way of both educating AND heading off pointless discussions.