Jon Stewart does health care reform
OK, OK, this entry is a little late. Here's a little secret: I can't stay up past 10 p.m. So I never see "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" until it is re-run the next day. Still, I had to share this great piece from Wednesday night's show, one that -- aside from a pretty funny riff about the president throwing out the first pitch at this week's All-Star Game -- focused on health care reform.
Sure, there was the obligatory interview with Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But check out this hilarious piece of satire on universal health care in other countries.
I can't decide if my favorite part is when "reporter" Samantha Bee, who hails from Canada, shows off the C-section scar on her NECK as she discusses the single-payer system in her home country. Or if it is Wyatt Cenac standing in front of an ER with a cleaver stuck in his head, calling himself an uninsured American. When Stewart points out he is insured, Cenac explains he was until he was injured, that he was thrown off his plan because of this "pre-existing condition." Kitchen tools, he is told, have been around longer than he has.
