Public Option Top 10 List

Top 10 indicators that your are in a single payer health care system:

#10 - Your annual breast exam is done at Hooters

#9 - Directions to your doctor's office include "Take a left when you enter the trailer park."

#8 - The tongue depressors taste faintly of Fudgsicles.

#7 - The only proctologist in the plan is "Gus" from Roto-Rooter

#6 - The only item listed under Preventive Care Coverage is "and apple a day..."

#5 - Your primary care physician is wearing the pants you gave to Goodwill last month.

#4 - "The patient is responsible for 200% of out-of-network charges," is not a typographical error.

#3 - The only expense covered 100% is "embalming".

#2 - Your Prozac comes in different colors with little M's on them.

And the #1 indication that you are in a single payer health care system:

#1 - You ask for Viagra and they give you a Popsicle stick and duct tape.

A tip of the hat to the Watchman's nurse in Milwaukee.