And you thought the blatant hypocrisy could not reach new heights! Shannyn Moore, the intrepid Alaskan bloger, uncovers the coldest of all Palin health care hypocrisies.
As posted on the Huffington Post:
Recently released documents from the custody battle show clearly Tripp Palin Johnston has socialized health care through Indian Health Services and the Alaska Native Medical Center.
Palin's family has federally funded health care afforded to them...but if you had it Barack Obama might kill you.
The legal documents (actual images of said documents provided in article) argue that Levi Johnston should not have to pay health care premiums state:
This insurance is unnecessary. Tripp is an enrolled tribal member of Curyung Tribal Council within the Bristol Bay Native Association consortium. Because the majority of Tripp's health care costs are already covered by IHS and the Alaska Native Medical Center, Mr. Johnston has no need to purchase additional health insurance and his deduction should not be allowed.
So a link to the Bristol Bay Native Association Consortium reveals a second link to the area that the Bristol Bay Native Association encompasses. This is here.
{Please follow link for surprise}
Hmm, rather far away from the Palin homestead, even assuming that some of Todd Palin's native blood counts: His mother is 1/4 Yup'ik. He is therefore, 1/8 Yup'ik. His daughter is 1/16 Yup'ik, and her child, the one who benefits from the healthcare system, 1/32 Yup'ik.
But then, perhaps every American can get their healthcare like the Palins do. Perhaps it doesn't matter that you are only a smigin Native American and don't live close to the Bristol Bay in Alaska!!
Is this Palin's solution for not only her, but us all??
We often hear "How will the success or failure of healcare affect our grandchildren? "
And now we know Palin's answer to that question,
"Not a bit--if they are enrolled in an government sponsored, American Indian health care association, hundreds of miles from your home, to which you do not geographically belong, but do nevertheless belong. Perhaps you're not "native" American, but still American natively, and that's just about the same thing, at least in my worldview."
---This is not an actual quote, but the best gibberish I can make for her based upon the factual circumstances.