Health care reform: Short and sweet

By GottaLaff

Hal Sparks was on the Stephanie Miller Show today, and he explained what we get with private health insurance in an easy-to-understand way:

You make payments on your new car, but when you go down to the car lot, they refuse to hand over what you thought you bought. That's right, you don't get the car you paid for, despite your good-faith investment.

They take your money, you're left with nothing.

Barney Frank was also on. He told a story of someone who needed help fighting Big Private Insurance after having paid in and then being rejected. Frank said he couldn't do anything, but had it been Medicare-- provided by the government-- he could have stepped in on her behalf.

Two great examples that should clarify a few things for those who may still be confused.

UPDATE: Hal Sparks had made another analogy, and it slipped what's left of my mind. I tweeted him, and he remembered it: