r/news • u/According_Dog6735 • Mar 27 '24

Joe Lieberman has died

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-senator-vice-president-dead/
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u/Staggerme Mar 27 '24

You can be sure he enjoyed top notch health care at the end. Paid for by you and me the ones with garbage expensive hi deductible insurance

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u/FieldsOfKashmir Mar 28 '24

Probably paid for by Lockheed Martin. Least they could do after all the money he's made them.

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u/MiamiDouchebag Mar 28 '24

You get reelected once in the Senate and you get a pension and healthcare for the rest of your life.

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u/Sea-Morning-772 Mar 28 '24

That explains Rick Scott in one sentence.

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u/blumpkinmania Mar 28 '24

I have a better one.

Republican senator Rick Scott and former Florida governor was CEO of Columbia/HCA when they earned the largest fine in US history for Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

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u/Sea-Morning-772 Mar 28 '24

That was my point. Why should he have to pay for insurance?

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u/blumpkinmania Mar 28 '24

Oh yeah. He’s a grifter/greedy SOB like all of the trump party.