Following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the mores of the farthest reaches of social media have made their way to Congress.
Last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said, “The visceral response from people across the country who feel cheated, ripped off, and threatened by the vile practices of their insurance companies should be a warning to everyone in the healthcare system. … People can only be pushed so far.”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said, “Anyone who is confused or shocked or appalled, they need to understand that people interpret and feel and experience denied claims as an act of violence against them.”
Wait until Warren and Ocasio-Cortez find out what’s happening in Canada and the United Kingdom. If “denied claims” are violence, then Canada and Britain are in a permanent state of low-grade warfare.
The Canadians have banned private health insurance for anything deemed medically necessary by the state. That has not resulted …