Greetings, you're listening to Podcast number 129 of Blast the Right.

I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.

Today, you'll hear how to debunk the right wing's biggest lie about the U.S. health

care system.

You'll also see how the Bush administration has reverted to an immigration policy based

on cruelty and vindictiveness.

Clips of right wingers may make your hair stand on end.

Let's get right into it.

Sources you'll hear in this first segment include The New York Times, Reuters, The Miami

Herald, the Truman Presidential Library, the websites of John McCain and Barack Obama,

thinkprogress.org, the website of the Library of Congress, and the Associated Press.

One of the mantras you hear on Blast the Right is, whatever a right winger says, the

exact opposite is true.

Right wingers claim that the U.S. has the best health care system in the world.

The truth?

It does just about the worst job compared to any other Western industrialized country.

A recent study, quote, highlights the stark contrast between what the United States spends

on its health care system and the quality of care it delivers, especially when compared

with many other industrialized nations.

The report shows that the United States spends more than twice as much on each person for

health care as most other industrialized countries.

But it has fallen to last place among those countries in preventing deaths through the

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