In an opinion piece for Wall Street Journal, Suzanne Somers left no doubts about where she stands on the healthcare debate.
“First of all, let’s call affordable health care what it really is: It’s socialized medicine,” said the former Three’s Company star in her column, “The Affordable Care Act Is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme.”
Suzanne, who supported Gov. Romney during the 2012 election but previously encouraged people to “vote the candidate, never the party,” said she disagrees with the fundamentals of the Affordable Healthcare Act.
“Even after Obamacare is fully implemented, there still will be tens of millions of people not covered. So what’s the point? Medical care will be degraded, the costs will skyrocket, and most frightening of all, your most intimate and personal information is now up for grabs,” the published health author said.
Suzanne explained she was horrified to watch a similar plan implemented in her husband’s home country, Canada.
“All of my husband’s cousins are doctors. Several have moved to the U.S. because after their years of intensive schooling, they want to reap financial rewards. My 75-year-old Canadian girlfriend was denied treatment because she was too old. She died recently, having been given palliative care. That’s all the system would allow.”
The Emmy-nominated actress concluded the column by tying it into the headline.
“Boomers are smart. They see the train wreck coming,” she said. “Most I speak with think the Affordable Care Act is a greater Ponzi scheme than that pulled off by Bernie Madoff.”
Notably, a few hours after the column was published, Wall Street Journal added significant “corrections and amplifications.”
An earlier version of this post contained a quotation attributed to Lenin (“Socialized medicine is the keystone to the arch of the socialist state”) that has been widely disputed. And it included a quotation attributed to Churchill (“Control your citizens’ health care and you control your citizens“) that the Journal has been unable to confirm… Also, the cover of a Maclean’s magazine issue in 2008 showed a picture of a dog on an examining table with the headline “Your Dog Can Get Better Health Care Than You.” An earlier version of this post incorrectly said the photo showed and headline referred to a horse.
