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Go Home The Alternate History Of A World With "Johnsoncare"

JONATHAN CHAIT FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The Alternate History Of A World With "Johnsoncare"

BY JONATHAN CHAIT

Earlier I mentioned that we call the public health insurance program for the elderly "Medicare" and not "Johnsoncare." But just imagine what the 1995 budget showdown would have looked like if Newt Gingrich was running around threatening to cut off our Johnsoncare:

Vee belieef een nossink, Cleenton!

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Did you have to do this, J. Chait? Don't we already have enough present-day nightmares?

- liberalref

February 9, 2011 at 3:46pm

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And I was positive it was going to be something about Ohio.

- Nusholtz

February 9, 2011 at 4:01pm

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Hey, I had to enter a fake date of birth to watch that clip!

- ironyroad

February 9, 2011 at 4:41pm

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