{"id":23943,"date":"2018-05-10T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T04:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23943"},"modified":"2018-05-10T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T04:47:08","slug":"cartoon-medicare-for-all-is-idealistic-but-unrealistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23943","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Medicare For All Is Idealistic But Unrealistic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This cartoon has nine panels.<\/p>\n

Panel 1
\nA woman in a business casual outfit – she’s a politician – is speaking directly to the viewer, looking cheerful. We’ll call her “Dem.”<\/p>\n

DEM: “Medicare for all” is idealistic, but unrealistic. We Democrats need to compromise, because that’s how policy gets done.<\/p>\n

Panel 2
\nThe same woman, now looking serious, gestures towards a small table. On the table is a HUGE stack of paper.<\/p>\n

DEM: Take the “Affordable Care Act.” It’s not everything Democrats wanted for health care.<\/p>\n

Panel 3
\nThe shot shows the woman, now partly hidden behind the huge stack of papers, continuing to speak.
\nDEM: We worked hard to get many players to the table. The ACA incorporates Republican ideas, insurance company ideas, doctors’ ideas…<\/p>\n

Panel 4
\nThe woman continues speaking cheerily.
\nDEM: And because the ACA has so many compromises, it’s something everyone can live with.<\/p>\n

Panel 5
\nA balding man in a suit and tie, smiling and carrying a bomb with a lit fuse, walks into the panel. The woman gestures towards him without really looking at him, still looking cheery.
\nDEM: Because we compromised, in time our Republican colleagues will work with us to make the ACA better.<\/p>\n

Panel 6
\nThe man, still smiling, tosses the bomb at the huge stack of paper. The woman looks startled.<\/p>\n

Panel 7
\nThe panel shows a huge “BOOOM” sound effect.<\/p>\n

Panel 8
\nThe woman stands, eyes hugely wide, staring out at the viewer, while tiny bits of paper rain down around her. The balding man walks off the panel.<\/p>\n

Panel 9
\nThe woman talks directly to the viewer again. She looks messy, and there’s a hunk of paper in her hair, and her eyes are still huge, but she’s trying to smile again.
\nDEM: Um… As I was saying, “Medicare For All” is idealistic but not realistic.<\/p>\n

Tiny Kicker Panel At Bottom Of Cartoon
\nDem talks to a protester who is carrying a “Medicare For All” sign.
\nDEM: Why can’t you be realistic?
\nPROTESTOR: Look who’s talking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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