Mary Harney gives advice to USA in Health Care Reform

Rented Mule

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2009/08/25/gupta.ireland.health.care.cnn

Working in a new job in the States, we have CNN on in the background in the office. I look up and there is a screenshot that comes across that says Ireland health Care Reform and the USA.

I nearly ****.

Then the screen pans out to see Dr Sanjay Gupta and the back of the head of some beast sitting with it's back to the camera.

I stand up and say 'there's no ****ing way they are going to interview Mary Harney on Health Care Reform'.

The beast speaks.........it is Harney.

My god, they should bring this woman in and do the opposite of everything that she says. Never in the entire interview did they ask what her qualifications were in regards to medicine or basic managerial skills.

This is the most terrifying aspect of change. Going to people who are supposed experts in things that they truly have no idea of what they are talking about.

Hagar

Rented Mule wrote: »

Dr Sanjay Gupta.

Out of Coronation Street? Are you serious?


On a more serious note, God help them taking advice from Ireland. Things must be really bad over there.

BlueSpiral

Maybe they'll adopt her. Or maybe it's a form of CNN sarcasm.

rockmongrel

What the hell is the world going to think about us when they see our Health minister...

Futurism

rockmongrel wrote: »

What the hell is the world going to think about us when they see our Health minister...

It's the USA. They'll probably think we're all that thin.

trout

rockmongrel wrote: »

What the hell is the world going to think about us when they see our Health minister...

Probably the same as when they saw our Finance Minister ... "and who is this plonker now ?"

Banter Joe

Oh dear

Rented Mule

rockmongrel wrote: »

What the hell is the world going to think about us when they see our Health minister...

The good news is that they shot her mostly from the back.

The bad news is that they didn't use an elephant gun in the process.

Dartz

They love her over in the states...

Big, fat, stupid looking and pro-private enterprise.

Rented Mule

Dartz wrote: »

They love her over in the states...

Big, fat, stupid looking and pro-private enterprise.

That explains why she fits in so well in Dublin :P

citizen_p

now i get why there protesting free health care....harney is involved

My name is URL

"40% of tax will be spent on healthcare this year"

Is that true?

rednik

Where was it filmed, Dunkin Donuts.:D

rockmongrel

Rented Mule wrote: »

That explains why she fits in so well in Dublin :P

She doesn't fit in well anywhere.

Badumtish!

jd83

Hopefully they hire her over there and we will be finally free from her chubby reign

jpt77

Mary Harney election poster in Finglas - political slogan
> "Don't throw it away!" ...added speech bubble
> "I'll eat it!"
> Overheard by Ciara, Finglas

Handsome Bob

Well if there is any where that Ms. Harney might be able to exert some influence, it's in the US with the rest of her kindred spirits.

irish_bob

Dartz wrote: »

They love her over in the states...

Big, fat, stupid looking and pro-private enterprise.

so are you anti private enterprise then

jayteecork

lol.

galwayrush

I think she would be better suited to Fat Finders on Little Britain, she ain't too good at the health bit.:rolleyes:

Blazer

Futurism wrote: »

It's the USA. They'll probably think we're all that thin.[/QUOTE


lol dude...classic comment

holly1

Ah!give her a break,she is doing a piece for Weight Watchers.
"This is how you will look if you dont stop stuffing your faces",Its called scare tatics.

jumpguy

What was she talking about? Yes, in Ireland, we ran into many problems in our healthcare. Here's what I'd advise the USA to do, having learned from our lessons in Ireland. As you all know, in Ireland we overcame our bloated, incompetant health service and now have the best health service in the world.

philologos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX9oyaT720w

For those who want to see the video on thread.

rubadub

Obese, Irish & female, Oprah will lap her up like a half melted 99.

Overheal

Im at work but - If she's holding up the Irish health System as a shiney beacon, then perhaps she has some crispy bacon lodged in her frontal lobe somewhere. I'd rather be poor than dead, waiting in one of your hospital queues. Sorry to say.

Abi

My name is URL wrote: »

"40% of tax will be spent on healthcare this year "Is that true?

On her health care maybe!



Yet another proud moment for the Irish. Not.

Fluffybums

My name is URL wrote: »

"40% of tax will be spent on healthcare this year"

Is that true?

That's to pay her salary, the previous ministers' pensions, the junior ministers salary and their predecessor's pensions, Drumm's salary and don't forget all the consultants he needs to carry out the reform and I don't me MD type consultants.

SprostonGreen

Hopefully she'll spend more time over there, where crazed gun toting loons go on shooting sprees, shoot that horrible kunt up.

sneakerfreak

SprostonGreen wrote: »

Hopefully she'll spend more time over there, where crazed gun toting loons go on shooting sprees, shoot that horrible kunt up.

https://twitter.com/MaryHarneyTD

junkyard

F**king hell!!! I've seen it all now, what a f**king brass neck, she should be holding her head in shame.:mad:

Euro_Kraut

My name is URL wrote: »

"40% of tax will be spent on healthcare this year"

Is that true?

I questioned that too actually.

Turns out its true: http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/exchequerstatements/2009/July09pdfvers.pdf

€8billion spent in DoH. €18 billion taken in tax.

irish_bob

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

I questioned that too actually.

Turns out its true: http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/exchequerstatements/2009/July09pdfvers.pdf

€8billion spent in DoH. €18 billion taken in tax.

yeah and most of the 8 billion goes on wages , its expensive having the highest paid nurses and consultants in europe not to mention paying all the surplus to requirement ( unsackable without a strike) pen pushers