Lio by Mark Tatulli for July 26, 2009

They don’t trust Eva, either, it seems…

Now how is she going to get into med school?!

Gosh! No one signed up? –Even though it’s free?!

Those kids have no sense of adventure.

Is Liō just trying to get on Eva’s good side, or is he getting a cut?

This comic strip was brought to you by the Republicans Against Socialized Medicine Because We’re In The Pocket of The Medical Insurance Industry,

Lio makes a guest appearance at Retail: http://www.newsok.com/entertainment/comics?feature_id=Retail

I wouldn’t either.

Why?

Two words:

Lorena Bobbitt.

I’m surprised that Eva wants to play doctor with Lio. An odd way of playing it, but it’s still playing doctor :D :D :D

Neighborhoods got smart kids. Or maybe just wise….

If this was about Obama health care plan, Lio would be turning people away that were fifty years old and older. Don’t you know that older just have to learn to live with their pain? The sooner Obama is out, the sooner and better off this country will be.

The kid in panel 1 looks a lot like the one in panel 5; are they both related to Beavis? For that matter, is that Butt-Head in panel 2?

Obama isnt offering FREE medical care. That would be a single payer system, with the government as the payer. He is trying to establish a competitive alternative pay system for people who cannot afford to buy one from a traditional healthcare provider. There is a BIG difference. — Wake up folks, we already have plenty of socialized programs in the US, at all levels of the government. The US mail, local libraries, our schools and parks. Even the police and fire departments are things we take for granted which at one time people had to pay for. Is it too ridiculous to add health care to the list? We are the ONLY industrialized nation without a comprehensive government program. Ask yourselves, why is that? Are we the only ones to be so afraid of the ridiculous threat of socialism? Or are we so indoctrinated by the current system which only benefits the obscenely rich? — People ask themselves where is the government going to get the money to pay for this? Take a minute to remember all those people out there who are sick and dieing and are asking themselves the same question. People are dieing because they can’t afford treatment. — This is something we can do. And if we don’t do it now I doubt we’ll ever get another chance. This is something BOTH republicans and democrates should be working together on. They need to agree that this should be done, it HAS to be done, and then get it done.

Ji2m, I think DetectiveKemper was implying that the strip could be seen as propaganda against a single payer health care system, written by Republicans.

“I’m from the insurance company and I’m here to help you”

Who do you want running your healthcare system? The Government or the Investment Bankers? . . Remember, you can vote out the idiots in the Government.

I don’t want to get into a political argument in the comics, for God’s sake, but I do have to say I certainly hope Obama succeeds, since I live in the U.S. It sounds to me, many times, as if some are hoping he fails. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!

Reminds me of when I played doctor with the girl next door. Good memories

Why did you tell them Lio

I can’t believe it!! Lio and Eva playing together?? WOW!

Lio can volunteer

No volunteer’s… and that’s a good thing!