During his Jan.23, 2013 talk show on KFMB AM, Roger Hedgecock, the right wing ex-mayor of San Diego, said that the recent controversial comments by Japan's finance minister about end-of-life medical care proves that Obamacare means "You old people, hurry up and die."
Hedgecock said that because Japan has universal healthcare, and because their finance minister made controversial remarks about the costs and value of keeping elderly, dying patients indefinitely on life support, this shows the intent of Obamacare and "the final government end of the road for all of these promises about medical care. When they can't afford their promises, you old people, hurry up and die."
Hedgecock charged that Obama said to old people, "take your pill, go home, because we're not going to care for you, that's it, you're done, you're gone." After not being able to find a clip of Obama actually saying these things, Hedgecock went on to advertise a "listener trip" to Canada -- which, of course, has universal healthcare.
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"In case you had any doubt at all of the final impact of Obamacare, they have universal healthcare in Japan. ... Taro Aso is the finance minister, he's 72 and he said that he did not want end of life care. He said I don't need that kind of care. He said elderly patients who are no longer able to feed themselves are, quote, tube people. And he said we're well aware that it costs several tens of millions of yen a month to treat a single patient in the final stages of life. Elderly people, he said, should, quote, hurry up and die. Hurry up and die.
"The final government end of the road for all of these promises about medical care. When they can't afford their promises, you old people, hurry up and die. Or as the president said, take your pill, go home, because we're not going to care for you, that's it, you're done, you're gone. President says, if there's any easy way to -- this is already cooked into this cake. If you don't remember his exact quote, and we can't find it but we will. Okay.
"Now, speaking of things I don't want to forget, we are going on a trip. Last year we didn't go on a listener trip, this year we're going on a listener trip to Canada and Alaska. It's a two-parter, one was this train trip through the Canadian Rockies, it's just spectacular, on the Rocky Mountaineer..."