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CMS Administrator Jokes ‘Medicare For All’ Is Scariest Halloween Costume

10.31.18 | 4:22 pm

This year’s scariest Halloween costume goes to… pic.twitter.com/QtRbdmiR8T

— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) October 31, 2018

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David Taintor is a New York-based senior editor who oversees breaking news coverage. He previously worked at NBC News.

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generalsternwood says:

October 31, 2018

But in Indiana, when I made Medicare the butt of my jokes, everyone laughed. Why aren’t people laughing?

Wait, what? Republican candidates are feigning support for “Medicare for All” to trick voters into voting for them?

Never mind.
moreyampersand says:

October 31, 2018

Pretty scary for GOPers who have been trying to take away people’s healthcare…
hummus_neanderthalensis says:

October 31, 2018

Just so we’re all on the same page here: CMS is the government agency that manages Medicare and Medicaid. The head of Medicare is making this ‘joke’.
george_spiggott says:

October 31, 2018

Personally, I find this one terrifying:
occamscoin says:

October 31, 2018

Wear nice dark suit, mount a calculator on your belt, carry a brief case with a sticker saying Blue Cross Actuary (or Aetna, or whatever). Scariest halloween costume ever. They’ll ask you to leave.